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Patrick Lawrence: Power for the Sake of Power 

Patrick Lawrence: Power for the Sake of Power 

July 7, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

When I awoke Saturday morning, I found my thoughts wandering back a decade, when my siblings and I plotted to get our father’s car keys out of his frail, unsteady hands. Watching Joe Biden in a television interview will do…

Patrick Lawrence: 90 Minutes That Shook the Liberals Awake

Patrick Lawrence: 90 Minutes That Shook the Liberals Awake

June 29, 2024 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, ScheerPost

Give me a sec to think. I need to make a list. Two. The genocide in Gaza, the Middle East tinderbox, Bezalel Smotrich, the lost proxy war in Ukraine, relations with Russia, the danger of nuclear war, the fate of…

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