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Parallel reconstruction: More fiction from Feds on illegal NSA, Justice Dept. spying

While the political commentators in the nation’s capital are wrapped up in the debate over what to do about ISIS, and as one third of the Senate and nearly all members of the House campaign for re-election, the president’s spies continue to capture massive amounts of personal information about hundreds …

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Plugged-in and tuned-out: The dangers of teenage virtual addiction

As the Executive Director of the Dunes in East Hampton and as an Addictions Specialist who has worked with over a thousand teens in the past decade, I often get asked by parents some version of the following question: “What’s the biggest addiction problem facing our kids today and what …

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Defending Holder's legacy no easy task for successor: Justice Department now pit of politics

When Richard Nixon made a show of quitting politics in 1962 he famously taunted his liberal critics in the media saying “you won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore.” The question on my mind today is: what are conservatives going to do now that they don’t have Eric Holder to …

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