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Donald Trump and America’s thriving constitutional order

Eddie Damstra | Thursday, February 15, 2018

Donald Trump has been the president of the United States for over one year now. And contrary to what many alarmists predicted, our republic is not destroyed and the world is not ending. Freedom and equality are just as preserved today as they were in past administrations. Stock prices experienced a brief drop recently, but,

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Puerto Rico needs our help

Letter to the Editor | Friday, September 29, 2017

Dear Notre Dame family, By now all of you have heard about the devastation that Hurricane María recently inflicted upon Puerto Rico. A week after María hit with a destructive force never before experienced on this small Caribbean island, most of its 3.5 million inhabitants — all of whom are U.S. citizens — are facing