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TweetPinShareColumn By John Young It’s that time of year when news outlets across the country admit they’ve had enough of it. They’ve run out of words. They’ve run out of …
Editorial: Announcing our 2025 Hypocrite of the Year Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb I understand the focus on ’28 and all that. But there will be a marble bust of me in Congress. I am a historic figure like …
Editorial: ‘I am a historic figure’ Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young What does the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 have to do with who runs Venezuela? Everything. What does a fee by the International Maritime Organization …
Editorial: Big Carbon has a wish list for President Smog Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb During a press conference by the Police Chief and officials of Providence, Rhode Island, following the shooting of 13 students at Brown University on Dec. 13, 2025 …
Editorial: In custody or detained? Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb “The Shahada (Arabic: الشَّهَادَةُ aš-šahādatu; Arabic pronunciation: [aʃʃahaːdatʊ], ‘the testimony’),[note 1] also transliterated as Shahadah, is an Islamic oath and creed, and one of the Five Pillars …
Editorial: Is the camel’s nose now under the tent? Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young They stood in a starchy semicircle, posing, preening behind their role model. They — Republican bigwigs including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Transportation …
Editorial: Systemic racism? Right now, right in the Oval Office Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb “Madam Secretary, you and the gentleman from NCTC (National Counter-Terrorism Center ) reference the unfortunate accident that occurred with the National Guardsman being killed.” — Miss. Rep. …
Editorial: There’s stupid & there’s super stupid Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb “The decision comes just eight months after the same council, in September 2024, voted 4-3 to increase Cassella’s salary to $190,000 annually, add a $500 monthly contribution …
Editorial: More “What’s going on here?” Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young In the craft of propaganda, one of the slyest techniques is euphemism — soft words for hammer blows. “Enhanced interrogation” for torture. “Downsized” for vaporized careers. …
Editorial: The crime is the first ‘tap,’ not the second Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By Mike Bibb “In a tense and closely divided vote Monday night, the Safford City Council terminated City Manager John Cassella effective immediately without cause, citing the terms of his …
Editorial – What’s going on? Read More