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In Other Words
Trump has backed off his signature campaign promise to build a border wall right away. We look at the symbolism of a barrier on the southern border, …
9 years ago
The Art of Winning a Pulitzer
Northwestern Iowa’s Storm Lake Times is a twice-weekly county newspaper with a circulation of 3,330. It has a staff of about 10, including the recipe…
9 years ago
"We'll Do It Live!"
Bill O'Reilly was the bombastic, blustery face of Fox News. Now that he's out, what happens to the identity and future of the channel? Plus, how to r…
9 years, 1 month ago
Closing the Blinds
Breaking from an open government initiative started by President Obama, the White House announced last Friday that visitor logs will no longer be pub…
9 years, 1 month ago
This American War on Drugs
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has signaled that he'd like to revamp the War on Drugs. We take a look at the history of the battle, and how sensation…
9 years, 1 month ago
How the Press Gets Seduced By War
Last week, President Trump ordered the firing of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles on Syria in retaliation against the chemical attack allegedly committed …
9 years, 1 month ago
Out With The Old...
Neil Gorsuch is the newest Supreme Court Justice and all it took was the destruction of a Senate tradition. A look at the colorful history of filibus…
9 years, 1 month ago
The (Nonexistent) Good Old Days
In the midst of several days of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings last week, Judge Neil Gorsuch took a moment to wax nostalgic for the days whe…
9 years, 1 month ago
It's Just Business
When President Trump signed an order dismantling environmental protections, the photo-op included coal miners. We consider the symbolism and reality …
9 years, 1 month ago
We'll Always Have Paris
Donald Trump made many, many pronouncements on the campaign trail, one of them was that he would "cancel the Paris climate agreement".
While he can’…
9 years, 1 month ago