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A Competency Test For Trump Could Be A Bad Idea

Doctors, lawyers and soldiers have to prove that they’re mentally competent to do their jobs. Should the president? That’s what Rep. Brendan Boyle, a Pennsylvania Democrat, proposed on Tuesday, when he introduced a bill that would require the president-elect to pass a physical and mental medical examination before swearing in. Although written to broadly encompass […]

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Surviving A Big Storm Doesn’t Mean The Trauma Is Over

The hurricanes in the Gulf and Florida over the last few weeks have left people displaced — and from more than just their homes. Places of worship, community centers, parks and schools are underwater, missing roofs or windows. And those losses can set the social infrastructure of a person’s life adrift. Years after the family […]

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