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From the White House to ancient Athens: Hypocrisy is no match for partisanship

  • Written by Raman Sachdev, Visiting Instructor of Philosophy, University of South Florida
imagePresident Donald Trump plays a round of golf on July 15, 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Donald Trump has spent a lot of time on golf courses during his presidency.

That may come across as hypocritical if many of us consider how Trump criticized Barack Obama for playing golf during his presidency instead of attending to the...

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