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How To Get Away With Murder: A Columbia County Fix
War Heroes, Union College, Old Money, and a Death on Route 9H: How a Small-Town Network of Power Covered Up a Killing.
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The Grapes of Wrath: A Plastic Surgeon, a Vanity Vineyard, and the Dirt-Road Rebellion o Columbia County
A Small Town Versus the Plastic Surgeon Come Vintner. The Wine Wars, Episode One.
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Politics as Usual, Bad Science, Bad Billionaires and Yes, a Murder
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The Wine Wars: the White Coat Entrepreneur and the Vineyard that Isn’t
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The Price of a Soul at Yale Is Surprisingly Reasonable
Bessent wrote checks for Hillary and Obama. Vance compared Trump to Hitler. Now they run his government. The Ivy League pipeline explained.
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This Week and Next: Let's Talk About Brad
Just why was Karp's firm the first to bow to Trump? I think we know now.
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The Incredible Shrinking Winery
More than five years, three lawyers, two engineers, and one garage — and all the Williams want is a dinner party. Or so they say now.
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How the 'Gipper' Dismantled Media Safeguards and Planted the Seeds of Trumpism
Reagan's deregulation and repeal of the Fairness Doctrine cleared the path for Murdoch’s empire and the propaganda machine that gave rise to Donald…
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