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My family and I are leaving Monday for a three-day vacation in lovely Mystic, Conn. While I’m away, I hope you’ll consider subscribing to the Editorial Board if you are not subscribing already. Subscribe for the year and save 40% off the monthly price! If you are already subscribing, first of all: THANK YOU!!! Second:…

Forum: For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law

Michael Flynn appears to be off the hook finally. An appeals court forced a trial judge to dismiss the government’s case against him after the government changed its mind. What we are seeing, I think, is a harbinger of things to come. What we are seeing is a demonstration of that old saying familiar to…

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Don’t worry about the slippery slope. That was the subject of today’s Editorial Board. It’s reasonable to ask where the line is. Do we take down all statues of men connected to slavery? Is George Washington as worthy of condemnation as Robert E. Lee? I have an opinion but for now I want to say I have…