Articles filed under Commentary
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Study finds governments spend, borrow, tax more when newspaper closesAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - When a newspaper closes, local governments in the area tend to borrow more, spend more, hire more workers and raise taxes, according to a study on the matter. The study ...
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A 'Galileo Moment' on birth control for the Catholic ChurchAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - Until last week, the predominant attitude of most of the American public about the problems of "predator priests" seemed to be that it was tragic, but limited in scope. ...
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Michael Reagan: Media coverage of Trump flaps gets overblown againAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - What's the mainstream liberal media's most overblown Trump crisis of the week? First, it was the president's tweet calling former staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog...
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Michael Reagan: Media coverage of Trump flaps gets overblown againAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - What's the mainstream liberal media's most overblown Trump crisis of the week? First, it was the president's tweet calling former staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog...
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Cokie and Steven Roberts: The stench of hypocrisy on Donald Trump immigration policyAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - by Cokie and Steven V. Roberts The stench of hypocrisy wafting out of this White House is particularly odious these days. The president continues to denounce what he cal...
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A vivid picture of class differences, immigrant experienceAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - The breakthrough Hollywood film about the Asian experience, told from an Asian perspective, featuring an Asian cast, could have been about the cruel exploitation of Chin...
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When it comes to economy, Annie, brace for day after 'tomorrow'Aug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Eric Sevareid (1912-1992), the author and broadcaster, said he was a pessimist about tomorrow but an optimist about the day after tomorrow. Regarding America's economy, ...
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A time to mournAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - Ecclesiastes tells us that there's a time to mourn and a time to dance, but lately I can hardly find time to mourn - and I'm dancing as fast as I ...
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To improve democracy, start at the local levelAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - As we head into the U.S. midterm elections, voters across the country are following news of governors' races and hotly contested congressional seats. This fall, millions...
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There's much at stake for the public in journalism's successAug 19, 2018 1:00 am - When I look at what seems to have become our national "conversation" on the press, it appears that every level of journalism has devolved into such an endless barrage of...