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Notes from a crazy optimist: good things are happening here
Granted, I spend too much time reading Twitter. But I learn a lot from Twitter about things that are happening. I also learn a lot about things that are happening from my daily reading of the New York Times (and … Continue reading
Posted in Good Things Happening, Judiciary, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life
Tagged Daily News, local newspapers, McCloskeys, Missouri Supreme Court, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, stock trading in Congress, Twitter, USPS, Vermont right to choose
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The secret to acquiring herd immunity
Today’s Times re-introduces me to an explosion of online “news networks” which are not news. They’re propaganda. In one of the last chapters of How I Learned The Facts of Life — a summing-up of what kind of fakery would … Continue reading
Posted in How I Learned The Facts of Life, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Conservative Editions News, Fox News, herd immunity, How I Learned the Facts of Life, Ken LaCorte, Liberal Editions News, local newspapers, New York Times, Nicole Penroth
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Sad news/good news about our free local press
From 538 Significant Digits: 232 years Pittsburgh no longer has a daily print newspaper — it’s now the largest American city with that dubious distinction. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which has existed for 232 years, just cut its print edition from … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, Canadian paper, First Amendment, International Trade Commission, local newspapers, New York Daily News, paper tariffs, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tronc
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