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TweetPinShareColumn By John Young When I was a kid, a playmate flushed out a wolf spider’s hole. What came next was the stuff of nightmares. A river of brown hairy …
Editorial: Along came a spider and election denier Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto by Brendan Smialowksi/ AFP Column By John Young Huffington Post had the perfect headline: “Trump stumped over why Jan. 6 panel didn’t ask him to testify earlier. Nobody else …
Editorial: The Big Lie by the numbers Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young It seems a bit late to do anything about it in 2022. If we know anything about today’s Republican Party, however, the GOP will do anything …
Editorial: How the GOP can put women back in their place Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young The car is approaching 200,000 miles. Aside from the leaking steering-wheel column and two automatic windows that don’t automate, it runs pretty well It was the …
Editorial: Mr. Easy Money took America for a ride Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Abigail Rosen/MV Times: Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard are fed at a local school. Column By John Young Wretched refuse. In his glowering snark, Ron DeSantis believes he …
Editorial: Now newcomers will show us the American way Read More
TweetPinShareVideo Still: Rioters break into the Capitol. Column By John Young “We’re not letting the Capitol fall.” Bravery before the imponderable – our democracy besieged by our own. They are …
Editorial: MAGA’s war on public servants Read More
TweetPinShareColumn By John Young Poll after poll after poll. Poll after poll after poll. Name your indicator and know the Republican Party is completely out of touch with the majority …
Editorial: We know what the majority supports; will it vote? Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy Bureau of Engraving and Printing Column By John Young Something is killing the Great Salt Lake. Any guesses what that might be? Lake Mead and Lake Powell are …
Editorial: Dark money’s assault on our planet Read More
TweetPinShareGila Herald File Photo Column By John Young When my son was in fifth grade in Texas, he found himself a pawn in a morality play. Literally. His teacher, Mrs. …
Editorial: Now, Coach will lead us in satanic verses Read More
TweetPinShareFile Photo By Vandana Ravikumar/Cronkite News Column By John Young Last May, Gallup found eight of 10 Americans supported the right the Supreme Court just tossed into history’s wastebasket – …
Editorial: What non-voters have wrought Read More