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The first thing I thought of while watching Senator JD Vance of Ohio refuse to say whether Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election in a recent interview with this newspaper was “The Manchurian Candidate,” John Frankenheimer’s 1962 psychological thriller. The linchpin of “The Manchurian Candidate,” of course, is the …

Elections of Yore (to the tune of “Yesterday”) Yesterday, politics was just a game we’d play Now hostility is here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly, there’s an absence of civility There’s no common ground that I can see Oh, yesterday came suddenly Why we disagree I don’t …

A small, heart-shaped body of water aptly named Green Lake lies at just under 9,000 feet on the western side of the Tetons, deep within the Jedediah Smith Wilderness area of Wyoming. Mirroring the surrounding conifers, the surface of the lake rests perfectly still this fall evening. From the trailhead, …