Gene Lyon
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A constitutional lesson for conservativesOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - If the self-styled Republican "Freedom Caucus" understood the first thing about the United States Constitution they profess to revere, they'd recognize that it's a conse...
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That non-P.C. shtick works only as long as we're all offendedSep 09, 2015 1:00 am - "The message of television as metaphor is not only that all the world is a stage, but that the stage is located in Las Vegas, Nevada." - Neil Postman, "Amusing Ourselve...
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Partisan pundits predict Hillary's downfall -- againAug 26, 2015 1:00 am - Same as it ever was. Once again, according to pundits on the influential Washington, D.C., cocktail-party circuit, Hillary Clinton is in deep trouble. Rolling down the ...
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A year after Ferguson, little has changedAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - To establish my credentials, here's an insignificant event that happened to my wife and me a bit before last year's tragedy in Ferguson, Missouri. We'd taken our daily ...
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When the media plays by 'Clinton rules'Jul 23, 2015 6:00 am - Having coined the phrase “Clinton Rules” to explain the national news media's obsession with phony scandal narratives involving Bill and Hillary Clinton, I should be gra...
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Why the Charleston shooter was a failureJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Has any murdering terrorist ever failed more dramatically than Dylann Storm Roof? Like any punk with a gun, he managed to slaughter nine blameless African-American Chris...
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Hillary Clinton's real primary opponentJun 09, 2015 1:00 am - In a sane world, the 2016 presidential election campaign would begin about this time next year. However, the political infotainment wing of our esteemed national news me...
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Where freedom of expression meets bigotryMay 22, 2015 6:00 am - It's still a radical document, the U.S. Constitution, no part of it more so than the First Amendment. Almost everybody's for freedom of speech - particularly for themsel...
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Why did Republicans cave in to delusional paranoia?May 15, 2015 5:00 am - The real news isn't that many Texans seemingly subscribe to an apocalyptic, delusional worldview that has them convinced that a U.S. Army training exercise called “Jade ...
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Barack Obama is no Neville ChamberlainApr 29, 2015 1:00 am - If he accomplished nothing else during his presidency, Barack Obama has surely earned a place in the Bad Political Analogies Hall of Fame. According to savants on Fox Ne...