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Divisions are part of the price of democracy, argued Lincoln author and University of Florida professor Allen Guelzo.
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The birthright citizenship ruling was a win for democracy — and a warning about erasing history, argues columnist Anita Chabria.
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Republican legislators, taking their lead from a president who sees half the nation as his personal enemy, have put their own party’s interests over the republic’s.
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They were inspired by Cicero and Cato, the heroes and martyrs of the Roman republic.
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