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Mercury is in retrograde; take cover

Three or four times a year, the planet Mercury appears to be moving “backward” — east to west, instead to west to east — across earth’s Earth’s horizon. Astronomers call this Mercury in retrograde, and astrologers call it "Watch out!''
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For Haley, it’s Team Nikki all the way

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Daniel Ellsberg, the original whistle-blower, looks back — and forward

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The latest Trump defense

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The marketplace of delusion

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After Taylor and Kent, more truth-tellers are needed

OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

The courage of the whistle-blower

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House hearings show foreign policy gone wrong
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