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American founders thought of happiness quite differently than we do
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Happy New Year!
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The 10 Essays I'd Hand to a Friend
My most-read articles of the year
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31:19
The Data Speaks for Itself, and Other Lies You’ve Been Told
Extended Cut!
Impact After Office
Jimmy Carter did more out of office than he did in the White House
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Bong Hits 4 Jesus
The limits of student free speech
 • Andrew Kordik
Merry Christmas
To all of you who celebrate, The Preamble team is wishing you a very Merry Christmas!
Open if You Need Some Hope
This one's for you if...
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You Can’t Hack Your Way Out of Being Human
Everyone I know is exhausted from productivity.
 • Amanda E. White, LPC
“That’s Not Journalism, That’s Propaganda”
Steve Vladeck on the Pentagon’s new press rules
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25:17
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The Messages That Broke Me
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Scripture Doesn’t Have a Low Opinion of Women. But Pete Hegseth Does.
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White Supremacy, Funded by Prayer and Profit
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Texting Scandal vs Hillary Clinton's email: Here's the Truth
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Rewriting History in Real Time
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Restricted Access
Why “protecting people” is actually just controlling them
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“The Easy Way or the Hard Way”
Goodfellas at the FCC
 • Elise Labott
The Story Christian Nationalists Don’t Want You to Know
Black spiritual traditions helped build America—and they’ve always defied a single, state-sanctioned faith.
 • Kahlil Greene
Thou Shalt Not Be, or Defend, a White Supremacist
An excerpt from the new book Separation of Church and Hate
 • John Fugelsang
From Pilgrims to Pluralism
How faith practices shaped the nation
 • Casey Burgat
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News, politics, and history from #1 NYT-bestselling author Sharon McMahon. Breaking down government and law in straightforward ways you won’t find anywhere else. If you want clarity and context — delivered with sanity and reason — The Preamble is for you.
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