Column: Carter was the right candidate, but was he the right president?

Column: Carter was the right candidate, but was he the right president?

SACRAMENTOΒ β€”Β  Jimmy Carter was the right presidential candidate for his time in 1976 β€” a smiling, homespun, anti-Washington outsider promising truth and decency. He was a natural populist, but he appealed to voters’ better angels, not their worst natures. He preached love, not hate. That’s how I remember the former governor and peanut farmer from…

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β€˜Truths’ about Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Oscar chances

β€˜Truths’ about Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Oscar chances

Marianne Jean-Baptiste has gained serious momentum toward a lead actress Oscar nomination with her performance as a depressed, caustic Londoner in β€œHard Truths,” her second heart-wrenching collaboration with filmmaker Mike Leigh. 10+ For β€œHard Truths,” Jean-Baptiste already has received a Golden Globe nomination, a British Independent Film Award and New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and…

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No 10 insists private school fees ‘out of reach for most people’ as ministers defend VAT policy | Politics News

No 10 insists private school fees ‘out of reach for most people’ as ministers defend VAT policy | Politics News

The government has insisted that private school fees are “clearly out of reach for most people” as ministers continue to defend their VAT policy. On Wednesday, Labour will scrap the VAT exemption and business rates relief for private schools in a bid to fund 6,500 new teachers in the state sector. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson…

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