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  Gabriella Schwarz

  

  Opinion | The State of the Union Is Missing

  The Wall Street Journal. - Peggy Noonan

  America loses something worthwhile as Trump and Pelosi cast aside another traditional norm. President Harry Truman delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, Jan. 5, 1949. Donald Trump’s signature, which he enjoys displaying after signing bills and executive orders, is …

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  Gabriella Schwarz

  

  What’s Lust Got to Do With It?

  The New York Times - MAUREEN DOWD

  WASHINGTON — I’ve noticed a weird pattern, in fiction and life, about sexual encounters: Women decide they’re not attracted to a guy they’re nestling with. Limerence is not in the cards. But they go ahead and have sex anyhow. First, we have college student Margot in The New Yorker’s much-discussed …

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  Gabriella Schwarz

  

  If Adults Won’t Grow Up, Nobody Will

  The Wall Street Journal. - Peggy Noonan

  From Facebook to Harvey Weinstein, America’s scandals amount to a giant crisis of maturity. I want to write about something I think is a problem in our society, that is in fact at the heart of many of our recent scandals, and yet is obscure enough that it doesn’t have a name. It has to do with …

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  Gabriella Schwarz

  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/opinion/center-democrats-identity-politics.html

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  Gabriella Schwarz

  

  Begala: 'Dump Pelosi' plays right into GOP's hands

  CNN - Paul Begala

  Editor’s Note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political commentator, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House. He was a consultant to Priorities USA Action, the pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC. The …

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  Gabriella Schwarz

  

  Memo to Democrats after special-election losses: Find better candidates

  USA TODAY - Ross K. Baker

  Government experience may not matter for presidential candidates, but voters like it in contenders for Congress. Fault-finding by Democrats has been in abundance since Republicans swept all four of this year's special elections to fill vacant House seats. Georgia's 6th Congressional District, which …