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This Fourth of July, let's celebrate the right to work

Independence Day is my personal favorite holiday of the year, the day we celebrate our freedom from tyranny and oppression and the basic and self-evident right of American citizens to live free. That isn’t the case in most other places in the world. Ronald Reagan put it best in his …

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Confessions from the blond, black sheep in the family — a mom among boys

Before I had kids, I thought my perfect family would be two boys and a girl. I pictured my daughter and I having the close relationship I share with my mother. We would go shopping, get manicures, and whisper secrets. She would borrow my clothes and I’d tell her and …

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Ten of America's worst villains, scoundrels and rogues

America has produced an amazing list of illustrious figures over the past three centuries, but we’ve had our share of nefarious characters as well. When I began researching my new book, “Villains, Scoundrels, and Rogues: Incredible True Tales of Mischief and Mayhem (Prometheus Books, March 4, 2014),” I found myself …

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