Barbara Bush Changed With Her Country
The former first lady was notably eager to learn about people she didn’t understand—and recognize she might have been wrong about them.
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American Dreams
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John Boyd in the News: All You Need to Know About the OODA Loop
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What We're Following: Friday Afternoon, 8/28
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American Dreams: Emigrating From China
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Chart of the Day
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Should the Mentally Disabled Be Expected to Know Right From Wrong?
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Sage, Ink: After Roanoke, and Charleston, and Lafayette …
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What We're Following: Thursday Afternoon, 8/27
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A TV Station in Virginia Mourns
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What We're Following
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American Dreams: The Promise of College
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Obama Brings the Conversation Back to Guns
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Jason Reed / Reuters One of the National Zoo’s Newborn Panda Cubs Has Died
Giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to the twin cubs over the weekend.
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WDBJ-TV A Shooting on Live TV in Virginia
A reporter and a cameraman for CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke were killed. The gunman, who the station said was a former employee, shot himself hours later.
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RJ Sangosti / Reuters The Aurora Theater Gunman: Sentenced to Life Without Parole
Two weeks after a jury spared James Holmes the death penalty, a Colorado judge sentenced him to life imprisonment Wednesday.
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AP Is U.S. Analysis of Progress Against ISIS Skewed?
The New York Times is reporting that the Pentagon’s inspector general is looking into allegations that military officials made intelligence assessments seem optimistic.
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Shutterstock The True Meaning of Mayonnaise
The FDA has warned a vegan food manufacturer that mayo isn't mayo without eggs.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters New Orleans Is Still Not Prepared for the Next Storm
Improvements have been made, but without serious investment in infrastructure, the city and its residents will remain vulnerable.
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Jeff Roberson / AP A Judge's Order Overhauls Ferguson's Municipal Courts
He has announced the withdrawal of all warrants issued before 2015, affecting nearly 10,000 cases.
