FUNT COLUMNS



What's with All the Big Stuff?
PUBLISHED: March 18, 2024
Is bigger always better?
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Our Obsession with True Crime
PUBLISHED: March 11, 2024
Tabloid TV.
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Big Pharma's Song and Dance
PUBLISHED: February 25, 2024
Suffering from earworm?
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Larry David Can't Curb His Instincts
PUBLISHED: February 12, 2024
Easter eggs?
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Billy Joel's AI State of Mind
PUBLISHED: February 8, 2024
Is it real? Or is it Billy?
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The Decade That Changed Football
PUBLISHED: February 3, 2024
How the NFL thrived in the sixties.
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Did You Really Think TV Would Ditch Ads?
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2024
Add it up.
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Pebble Beach Benches Celebrities
PUBLISHED: January 22, 2024
Bye, bye Bill Murray.
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Tom Smothers Was Serious About Politics
PUBLISHED: December 28, 2023
Comic with a cause.
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TV News Puts Its Trust in Women
PUBLISHED: December 6, 2023
No more glass ceiling.
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Fed Up? Yes. Nasty? No.
PUBLISHED: November 20, 2023
Taking America's temperature.
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Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football?
PUBLISHED: October 28, 2023
The backstory.
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How Should Roads Be Funded?
PUBLISHED: October 21, 2023
No good answers.
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Suzanne Somers was Pure Showbiz
PUBLISHED: October 17, 2023
Always smiling.
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Strikes Make a Humorless Campaign Even More So
PUBLISHED: September 11, 2023
Laughs are limited.
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The Babe's Bats Are Still Powerful
PUBLISHED: August 25, 2023
Big bucks for lumber.
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Televising Trump's Trials Would Be a Circus and a Service
PUBLISHED: August 19, 2023
Transparency is the priority.
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Need a Break? Write a Book.
PUBLISHED: August 17, 2023
Let AI be your ghost.
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Overwhelmed Animal Shelters Look for Solutions
PUBLISHED: August 12, 2023
Adoption is the key.
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Oppenheimer Mansplains Barbie
PUBLISHED: July 27, 2023
One word for two films.
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Biden Parodies Strike Out
PUBLISHED: June 29, 2023
WGA helps POTUS.
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Pity the Poor Trump Donors
PUBLISHED: June 12, 2023
Who wants a $47 t-shirt?
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Feinstein Might Hurt Biden's Chances
PUBLISHED: June 8, 2023
Too old at 80?
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Forget the Mint. How About a Fresh Pillowcase?
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2023
"Service" after Covid.
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Chatbots are speaking my language
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2023
The future arrived early
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Robots Survived Covid Better than People
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2023
Friend or foe?
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All in a Day's Deletions
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2023
Too much trash.
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The Vastness Newton Minow Leaves Behind
PUBLISHED: May 9, 2023
A true TV pioneer.
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The Man who Made Food Shopping Fun
PUBLISHED: May 1, 2023
A genius with flaws.
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It's About Time
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2023
Life on the clock.
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Curses! Why All the Crude Talk?
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2023
Is it TV, or is it us?
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Pining for Drier Days
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2023
California's all wet.
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Heroes Up Close
PUBLISHED: March 15, 2023
Spring training, finally.
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Viewers Should Ask, What's Up with Docs?
PUBLISHED: February 23, 2023
Celebs in control.
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Sadness and Static as AM Stations Fade
PUBLISHED: January 30, 2023
Lost in space.
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Is the Joke on Joe Biden?
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2023
Comics getting tougher.
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Cry Me an Atmospheric River
PUBLISHED: January 9, 2023
That term is the bomb.
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How Barbara Walters Crafted Her Incomparable Career
PUBLISHED: January 1, 2023
Nothing wrong with being shrewd.
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Charities Give the Gift of Guilt
PUBLISHED: December 15, 2022
Use it, or lose it?
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Oy Tannenbaum
PUBLISHED: December 2, 2022
Can your tree be too big?
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TV Tosses Tinsel on 158 Holiday Films
PUBLISHED: November 18, 2022
A holiday record.
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SOS to Apple: Fix This
PUBLISHED: November 9, 2022
Cops have better things to do.
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In Fundraising, Father Knew Best
PUBLISHED: September 20, 2022
Does free stuff work?
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Give Me a News Break
PUBLISHED: August 30, 2022
TV's most abused phrase.
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Fantasy Football's Reality Check
PUBLISHED: August 24, 2022
Caught in the draft.
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Democrats Should Be Iowa Stubborn
PUBLISHED: August 15, 2022
Keep primaries in place.
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Vin Scully: The Voice of Summer
PUBLISHED: August 5, 2022
67 remarkable years.
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Make National Parks Free for All
PUBLISHED: July 12, 2022
Government can afford it.
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When it Comes to Water, We Californians are Brown with Envy
PUBLISHED: June 30, 2022
H2O-no.
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C-SPAN Faces a Budget Crisis
PUBLISHED: June 15, 2022
Cord-cutting hurts.
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Ads on TV? What'll Netflix Think of Next?
PUBLISHED: June 3, 2022
TV ads go back to 1941.
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Hollywood, like Society, Has Trouble with the Truth
PUBLISHED: May 16, 2022
"Based on truth" isn't truth.
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Players Cling to Baseball's Unwritten Rules
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2022
"Respect" has its limits.
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The Last of the Afternoon Newspapers
PUBLISHED: April 20, 2022
Two remain in Montana.
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Concerts for Ukraine Sweep the Globe
PUBLISHED: April 6, 2022
Fundraising hits a high note.
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$ong Sung Green as Music Sales Boom
PUBLISHED: March 16, 2022
Catalogs are hot.
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We Don't Want Blood-Stained Oil
PUBLISHED: March 7, 2022
Stop buying from Russia.
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Don't Throw Away Your Mask
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2022
What have we learned?
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Bingeing New Shows Won't Last Much Longer
PUBLISHED: February 11, 2022
TV is changing.
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Road Rage...and Outrage
PUBLISHED: February 8, 2022
How politics plays into auto safety.
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The WFT Goes for Super Blah
PUBLISHED: February 2, 2022
Commanders, indeed.
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Roll Over Kierkegaard, It's All 'Existential'
PUBLISHED: February 2, 2022
An existential column.
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Biden's Promise Will Weigh on Court Nominee
PUBLISHED: January 30, 2022
Fodder for critics.
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Dog Walkers Know Rules of the Road
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2022
Strange encounters.
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Remembering Dr. King
PUBLISHED: January 17, 2022
Calmness prevailed.
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Despite Gains, Animal Advocates Need More Support
PUBLISHED: January 11, 2022
People are waking up.
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Everyone Loved Betty White
PUBLISHED: January 2, 2022
Generations of fans.
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'Let's Go, Branden' and Other Codes
PUBLISHED: December 30, 2021
No-so-hidden meanings.
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The John Madden I Remember
PUBLISHED: December 29, 2021
A nice guy passes.
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Nike Becomes a Uni-Bomber
PUBLISHED: December 20, 2021
Color blind.
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Decades on Death Row
PUBLISHED: December 18, 2021
It's cruel and unusual.
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Life Lessons from the Road
PUBLISHED: December 14, 2021
Ever seen a panther crossing?
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Biden's Struggles After Year One
PUBLISHED: December 11, 2021
Democrats face dilemma.
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Toy Sellers Should Disarm for the Holidays
PUBLISHED: December 8, 2021
Improving self-esteem?
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A Guy Never Forgets His First Car
PUBLISHED: December 2, 2021
Wheels from heaven.
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Money, Money, Money
PUBLISHED: November 9, 2021
Got any?
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Better Guidance Needed on Boosters
PUBLISHED: November 6, 2021
Why limit distribution?
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Baseball Diamonds Are Forever
PUBLISHED: October 28, 2021
Me and Mr. Lee.
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This NFL Season Is in Handcuffs
PUBLISHED: October 15, 2021
Who's hurt now?
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Happy Whatever Day!
PUBLISHED: October 9, 2021
It'a always something.
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SNL Stumbles Over Biden
PUBLISHED: October 4, 2021
Dana Carvey for faux president!
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Come on, Amazon, Make Service a Prime Concern
PUBLISHED: September 20, 2021
You're better than this.
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Pay or Punish the Un-Vaxed?
PUBLISHED: September 10, 2021
What works?
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The NFL Is Fumbling on Gambling
PUBLISHED: September 3, 2021
Recipe for disaster.
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Little League Faces a Helmet Flap
PUBLISHED: August 26, 2021
Is player safety really a concern?
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Big Memories of Little League
PUBLISHED: August 18, 2021
A thwack and a thump.
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Times Change, but Nostalgia Doesn't
PUBLISHED: August 11, 2021
The rearview is clouded.
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73 Years of Smiles and Insights
PUBLISHED: August 9, 2021
Candid reflections.
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Taking Time to Think About Time
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2021
...and a book worth your time.
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Cleveland Dumps Its Indians
PUBLISHED: July 25, 2021
Guardians arrive too late.
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Candidly, California's Recall Is a Joke
PUBLISHED: July 19, 2021
People will sign anything.
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An Obituary for a Pine Tree
PUBLISHED: July 8, 2021
Local news feels the drought.
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The Memoir Pandemic
PUBLISHED: July 6, 2021
Don't steal this book!
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Political Emails Reach New Lows
PUBLISHED: June 24, 2021
Lots of clutter.
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Emily's New Day
PUBLISHED: June 22, 2021
Hope is born.
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World's Greatest Mug Collector
PUBLISHED: June 16, 2021
An incidental hobby.
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There's Too Much News to Bear
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2021
Courtroom drama.
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Is Biden Setting Up Harris to Fail in 2024?
PUBLISHED: June 7, 2021
Tough assignments for the VP.
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In Baseball the Hits Keep On Not Coming
PUBLISHED: May 26, 2021
MLB is whiffing on rules.
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Abnormality Has Its Virtues
PUBLISHED: April 19, 2021
Things I'll miss.
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MLB Shouldn't Drop the Ball on COVID-19
PUBLISHED: April 14, 2021
Baseball can do better.
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Biden II Won't Happen
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2021
He should have dodged the question.
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An Epidemic of Memoir-Writing
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2021
Sheltered stories.
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What's in Store for Biden on SNL?
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2021
Stay tuned.
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Why Is Biden MIA?
PUBLISHED: March 8, 2021
No news conferences, no SNL.
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The Most Popular Shows You've Never Seen
PUBLISHED: February 22, 2021
Lost shared experiences.
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TV Gets the Plus Sign
PUBLISHED: January 28, 2021
No minuses.
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The Wonder of Sonny Fox
PUBLISHED: January 28, 2021
A kid at heart.
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We'll Heal Quicker Without a Trump Impeachment Trial
PUBLISHED: January 25, 2021
Skip it and move on.
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Trading Cards Collect New Fans
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2021
No gum needed.
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Silencing Trump Is Not the Answer
PUBLISHED: January 12, 2021
Who should govern speech?
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Save Yourself!
PUBLISHED: December 16, 2020
It's the best way to push the vaccine.
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Trump's Emails Give Spam a Bad Name
PUBLISHED: November 23, 2020
His endless campaign.
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Christmas Is in (and on) the Air
PUBLISHED: November 13, 2020
Tis it already the season?
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Trump's Game Shouldn't Fool Anyone
PUBLISHED: November 11, 2020
Looking to 2024.
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Voting Ends, Emails Continue
PUBLISHED: November 5, 2020
Give until it hurts!
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How Real Should Reel Life Be?
PUBLISHED: October 29, 2020
Is this really us?
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Voters can handle Biden jokes even if critics can't
PUBLISHED: October 24, 2020
Carrey nails it.
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'Undecideds' Give Decision-Making a Bad Name
PUBLISHED: October 12, 2020
Undecided about what?
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Documentaries Are Often Misleading
PUBLISHED: October 9, 2020
Who's producing what?
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Don't Validate Trump by Nixing the Debates
PUBLISHED: September 30, 2020
Fix the format.
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First Debate: Like a Car Crash
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2020
Predicting Trump v. Biden Debate.
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A Summer of Labor Days
PUBLISHED: September 4, 2020
Little fun, fun, fun.
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August 28, 2020
PUBLISHED: August 28, 2020
Little about policy.
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Convention Infomercial
PUBLISHED: August 24, 2020
DNC's hard sell.
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In Search of My 9-Dollar Heirloom
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2020
A sheltered garden.
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What's to Debate About Needing More Debates?
PUBLISHED: August 7, 2020
Four beats three.
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Trump's Message
PUBLISHED: July 31, 2020
Sore loser.
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My Senescent 'Smart' TV
PUBLISHED: July 27, 2020
Video obsolescence.
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Ballplayers Do a Spit-Take
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2020
This summer's high and dry.
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If Covid Isn't a National Tragedy What Is?
PUBLISHED: July 14, 2020
Honoring the dead.
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These Days, It All Feels Like Yesterday
PUBLISHED: July 9, 2020
Fond memories.
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The Shortest Campaign Ever
PUBLISHED: July 3, 2020
Politics in the pandemic.
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The Amazon Wagon Is a Comin'...
PUBLISHED: June 10, 2020
Virus prompts daily deliveries.
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A New Morning in News
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2020
Mini reports and maxi audience.
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Sometimes a Rose Is More Than a Rose
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2020
Out my window.
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Class of 2020: Can You Hear Me Now?
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2020
Zooming with grads.
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Biden Needs More Clickbait
PUBLISHED: May 5, 2020
His social media falls short.
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Liberate the Biden Campaign!
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2020
Time to reopen.
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What YouTube Sees in Me
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2020
(Not much.)
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Briefings Hit a New Low
PUBLISHED: April 14, 2020
Trump's losing control.
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Politics in the Pandemic
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2020
Trump v. Trump.
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When to Pull the Plug?
PUBLISHED: April 3, 2020
Cutting Trump.
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The Thank-You Wave Makes a Comeback
PUBLISHED: March 30, 2020
Salute someone today.
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Trump's Briefings Might as Well Be Briefer
PUBLISHED: March 24, 2020
White House confusion.
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Celebrities Skype Away Coronavirus Blues
PUBLISHED: March 23, 2020
What's in the background?
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Trump Can't Even Play the Part
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2020
We're on our own.
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Apocalypse When?
PUBLISHED: March 16, 2020
Bracing for the worst.
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OK Joe, Now Show Us What You've Got
PUBLISHED: March 11, 2020
Does Biden have what it takes?
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Candidly, Voters are Easily Confused
PUBLISHED: March 9, 2020
Our trail mix.
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Early Voting Only Makes a Tough Process Worse
PUBLISHED: March 3, 2020
The circus rolls on.
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Who Offers the Rx for Troubled Times?
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2020
Is coronavirus a game changer?
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Democrats are Overthinking the 2020 Campaign
PUBLISHED: February 28, 2020
Time for a gut check.
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Candidates Peddle Their Papers
PUBLISHED: February 26, 2020
Do endorsements matter?
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Sooner or Later, Klobuchar Will Take the Prize
PUBLISHED: February 17, 2020
Her odds add up.
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Joe Biden Should Withdraw Now
PUBLISHED: February 12, 2020
It's the patriotic thing to do.
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WW and CVS Used to Stand for Something
PUBLISHED: February 5, 2020
The USA loves letters.
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Fix Trump's Mess? Or Blow it Up?
PUBLISHED: January 31, 2020
Steer to the center.
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Surrogates Carry the Ball in Iowa
PUBLISHED: January 29, 2020
Understudies on stage.
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Iowa Stubborn
PUBLISHED: January 27, 2020
Caucuses are hard to predict
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I Can't Endorse the Times's Approach
PUBLISHED: January 20, 2020
Reality-TV. Really?
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Snubbed
PUBLISHED: January 17, 2020
From Hollywood to the campaign trail.
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Debate Fatigue
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2020
It is what it is.
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The Man on the Street Has Died
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2020
Tweets aren't MOS.
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'Just Mercy' Will Move You
PUBLISHED: January 10, 2020
Film sends a message.
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Democrats' Do Not Do List
PUBLISHED: January 9, 2020
Clip and save.
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Democrats' 2020 Outlook Is Hardly 20/20
PUBLISHED: January 6, 2020
Countdown to November.
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A Plague of Executive Producers
PUBLISHED: December 30, 2019
What the heck do they do?
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Democrats' Debates Aren't Helping Much
PUBLISHED: December 17, 2019
A new format would help.
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Democrats Have Problems, But Diversity Isn't One of Them
PUBLISHED: December 9, 2019
Don't blame the DNC.
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The T-Shirt Primary
PUBLISHED: December 5, 2019
Walking billboards.
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Ho, Ho, the Mistletoe
PUBLISHED: November 26, 2019
A holiday fave.
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This Debate Was a Moderated Mess
PUBLISHED: November 21, 2019
Democrats deserve better.
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Trump's Tweet Sets a Dangerous Precedent
PUBLISHED: November 15, 2019
Intimidation by Twitter.
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Bloomberg + Sanders + Biden + Trump + Warren = 374. What's wrong with this 2020 picture?
PUBLISHED: November 10, 2019
Age counts.
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This World Series Has Real Gamers
PUBLISHED: October 24, 2019
Arizona's Fall Classic.
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Waking Up to Smarter School Scheduling
PUBLISHED: October 18, 2019
The science is clear.
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What to Watch for in Debate Four
PUBLISHED: October 14, 2019
Will Democrats chart a new course?
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SNL's Political Spoof Hits too Close to Home
PUBLISHED: September 30, 2019
Democrats aren't laughing.
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Biden's Flub Fest
PUBLISHED: September 15, 2019
Don't words matter?
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The Last Thing Democrats Need Is a Nasty Nominee
PUBLISHED: September 12, 2019
Who will give Trump the least ammo?
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Burglars are Checking Facebook
PUBLISHED: September 12, 2019
Wedding bell blues.
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Litter to the Auditor
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2019
Recycling isn't rocket science.
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1. Make Lists. 2. Read Lists. 3. Make More Lists.
PUBLISHED: August 20, 2019
(And check it twice.)
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I'll Bet on News Over Views
PUBLISHED: August 7, 2019
Journalists face new challenges.
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Democrats Are Strangely Quiet About Guns
PUBLISHED: August 5, 2019
Debate fires blanks.
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Forgive Me. This Is Cold.
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2019
Baby, it's summer outside.
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Mueller's Real Warning
PUBLISHED: July 29, 2019
Age matters.
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Taking Stock of the Democrats
PUBLISHED: July 27, 2019
Four problems to worry about.
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Spring Training with the 2020 Democrats
PUBLISHED: July 24, 2019
Taking the field in Iowa.
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Hollywood Says Hooray for Mayor Pete
PUBLISHED: July 22, 2019
He out-raises Sen. Harris.
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Why Is Iowa the Epicenter of the 2020 Democratic Race?
PUBLISHED: July 18, 2019
Iowa is small, white and Republican.
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The Mighty Pen Strikes Out
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2019
Sports loses an art.
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Once in Love with Candidate Quizzes
PUBLISHED: July 11, 2019
What's your score?
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NBC's Debatable Debate Coverage
PUBLISHED: July 2, 2019
Like herding cats.
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I'm Sorry Joe Biden Sends So Many Emails
PUBLISHED: June 26, 2019
Joltin' Joe hits "send."
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Retail Politics, Cheaper Than Wholesale
PUBLISHED: June 25, 2019
New York for dough, Iowa for show.
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What to Expect in Democrats’ First Debate
PUBLISHED: June 23, 2019
Mashup in Miami.
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I'd Trade 23 Candidates for One Sure Winner
PUBLISHED: June 18, 2019
Who will beat Trump?
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A Day with My Dad
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2019
Having a ball.
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FDR in 2020
PUBLISHED: June 13, 2019
The spirit of 1944.
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Candidates Should Know Their Rights
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2019
A right or a privilege?
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What I Learned from One Busy Mom
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2019
The value of child care.
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I'm Fully Unprepared
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2019
Would gold and silver help?
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A Plagiarist Walks Into a Comedy Club
PUBLISHED: May 22, 2019
Who's laughing now?
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We're All Seeking Sanctuary
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2019
No hiding from politics.
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Mayor Pete Needs Your Vote - in 2028
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2019
His day will come.
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Doris Day Was the Dogs’ Best Friend
PUBLISHED: May 13, 2019
Showbiz legend will be missed.
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Cable Hosts Get The Memo
PUBLISHED: May 10, 2019
And it's hurting their work.
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Are Democrats Eating Their Own?
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2019
Debates must drill down.
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Making Voting Easier
PUBLISHED: April 30, 2019
AVR is essential.
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Senator Harris Is Dead Wrong
PUBLISHED: April 26, 2019
Progressives don't have handguns for safety.
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Baseball Must End Diamond Dust-Ups
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2019
Follow the NBA's lead.
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Democrats Deal with Heavy Baggage
PUBLISHED: April 17, 2019
Trump gets a pass.
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Critics Tax Sanders Unfairly
PUBLISHED: April 16, 2019
Critics Tax Sanders Unfairly
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Lawmakers Troll for Tolls
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2019
Regressive fees hurt the poor.
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The Business of Immigration Is Compassion
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2019
Trump's tangled policies.
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Does Anyone Collect Old Emails?
PUBLISHED: April 6, 2019
Memories without hard copies.
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Pelosi Remains the Model Democrat
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2019
California's straight talker.
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A Democrat By Any Other Name...
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2019
Watch that moniker.
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Democrats Must Focus on 2020
PUBLISHED: March 25, 2019
It was never about collusion.
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Baseball’s Haves and Have Nots
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2019
$426 million is no minor league paycheck.
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Strike Four, You're Out!
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2019
Can't tell the rules without a scorecard.
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Listen to This Guy, for Pete's Sake
PUBLISHED: March 19, 2019
South Bend mayor hits home.
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Air Passengers Are Laughing in the Aisle Seats
PUBLISHED: March 14, 2019
Safety is no laughing matter.
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Gov. Newsom and the Death Penalty
PUBLISHED: March 13, 2019
A complex issue made simple.
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Brian Williams Earns His Way Back
PUBLISHED: March 5, 2019
His time has come (again).
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Democrats Have Much to Debate
PUBLISHED: February 27, 2019
It starts in June.
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Art Imitates Life - Sometimes too Well
PUBLISHED: February 22, 2019
Hollywood sends in the clones.
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Politicians Are Running for TV Jobs
PUBLISHED: February 19, 2019
Path proves easier than the campaign trail.
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Democrats Should Pair Off Now
PUBLISHED: February 13, 2019
The field is crowded.
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Amy for America
PUBLISHED: February 11, 2019
It takes grit.
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For Whom the Horn Honks
PUBLISHED: February 7, 2019
Blown away by the noise.
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Harris Tests CNN’s Campaign
PUBLISHED: January 29, 2019
Town Halls must be better.
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Corporate Players Love the Name Game
PUBLISHED: January 23, 2019
What's in a name? No much.
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No Oscar Host? No Problem!
PUBLISHED: January 12, 2019
A list of no-nos.
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Who's to Blame for Ad Clutter?
PUBLISHED: Jan. 7, 2019
No free ride.
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Bingeing Makes an Unhealthy TV Diet
PUBLISHED: January 3, 2019
Weekly works better.
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2019 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 26, 2018
Better than a recap.
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My Fantasy World
PUBLISHED: December 12, 2018
Playing politics like football.
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A Strategy for Giving
PUBLISHED: December 5, 2018
The wealthy can do better.
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Give Trump Credit When Due
PUBLISHED: November 16, 2018
Media must be careful.
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Dogs Get Their Day in Florida Voting
PUBLISHED: November 12, 2018
Cruel "sport" ending.
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Onward to 2020
PUBLISHED: November 5, 2018
The nonstop campaign.
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How Many E-Letters Do You Receive?
PUBLISHED: October 24, 2018
Click and skim.
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Arizona Mirrors the Midterm Divide
PUBLISHED: October 19, 2018
She said, she said.
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It's News to Me
PUBLISHED: October 12, 2018
Be a better newshound.
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Corporate Names Go From Dollars to Donuts
PUBLISHED: October 4, 2018
What on earth is WW?
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Kavanaugh and Beyond
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2018
The pendulum could swing.
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The NFL Goes Long on Gambling
PUBLISHED: September 21, 2018
Billions at stake.
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In Trump We Profit
PUBLISHED: September 19, 2018
Make room for daddy.
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My Dad Deserved an Emmy
PUBLISHED: September 17, 2018
Honoring Mr. Candid Camera.
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Our Narrow Focus
PUBLISHED: September 7, 2018
I know what I know.
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Jimmy Carter's Uncommon Decency
PUBLISHED: September 6, 2018
A worthy visit.
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Pre-Mourning Boosts Life Before Death
PUBLISHED: August 28, 2018
Saying goodbye.
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Truth Will Out
PUBLISHED: August 22, 2018
Buckle up Buttercup.
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Baseball's No-Comfort Zone
PUBLISHED: August 14, 2018
Umpires play by their own rules.
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Jamestown Is Now a Very Funny Place
PUBLISHED: August 6, 2018
National Comedy Center opens.
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News By the Numbers
PUBLISHED: July 30, 2018
Trump's negative about negativity.
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Brown Is Beautiful
PUBLISHED: July 28, 2018
My glorious lawn.
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Trump's 27 Loaded Questions
PUBLISHED: July 18, 2018
A survey for the gullible.
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Vacation Checklist
PUBLISHED: July 9, 2018
Cross these things off.
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If You Value My Opinion, Pay Me for It
PUBLISHED: July 3, 2018
No free feedback!
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The Maryland Muddle
PUBLISHED: June 29, 2018
A problem of conflation.
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The Photo with Borderline Truth
PUBLISHED: June 25, 2018
How many words is it worth?
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Night Falls on News Carriers
PUBLISHED: June 16, 2018
Papers face delivery woes.
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Boom Times in the Golden State
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2018
Time for a refund?
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Many Unhappy Returns
PUBLISHED: June 7, 2018
Slipped in the snow?
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Honestly, We're Really Very Sorry
PUBLISHED: May 31, 2018
We're fully re-established.
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Getting There Is Now One-Tenth of One Percent the Fun
PUBLISHED: May 22, 2018
I'm vacationed out.
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Baseball Bobbles Its Giveaways
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2018
Penny wise and fan foolish.
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Trump's Artful Dodging
PUBLISHED: May 7, 2018
Skipping events is a science.
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Plenty to Clean Up After Dinner
PUBLISHED: April 30, 2018
An f-word first.
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WHCD Was a Foul Ball
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2018
Comic crosses the line.
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A Week of Pomp and Circumstance
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2018
What the world watched.
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Trump's a Mad Man
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2018
Tag lines move minds.
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Giving Up Coins Is Penny Foolish
PUBLISHED: April 4, 2018
Don't pinch them!
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How Much Stadium Netting is Too Much?
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2018
Fans suffer a net loss.
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This Warning May Cause Severe Anxiety
PUBLISHED: March 29, 2018
TV ads are no Rx.
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You Too Can Survive Alone
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2018
...when your wife's away.
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With Trump, the Joke’s Over
PUBLISHED: March 20, 2018
Who's laughing?
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The Obama-Clinton Soundtracks
PUBLISHED: March 14, 2018
He's in, she's out.
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Media Struggle When Trump Actually Makes News
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2018
Networks short on Hope.
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Keeping Kids Safe, and Out of Prison
PUBLISHED: February 28, 2018
Broward's valuable "Promise."
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Advocacy Billboards Spread Beyond 'Missouri'
PUBLISHED: February 21, 2018
Beacon or blight?
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Consign 'Dossier' to the Round File
PUBLISHED: February 20, 2018
Ruining a perfectly good word.
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I'm Failing at Passwords
PUBLISHED: February 14, 2018
And I'm bad at security questions, too.
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Speech
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2018
One year from now.
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Gunga Dan Returns
PUBLISHED: January 23, 2018
I'd rather have him at any age.
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Merit-Based Compassion
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2018
Who's welcome here?
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Hahahaha, That's Not Funny at All
PUBLISHED: January 12, 2018
When someone texts LOL, nobody's laughing.
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Ink-Stained Crusaders
PUBLISHED: January 12, 2018
Facts, not slogans.
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2018 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 26, 2017
Bring on the New Year!
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Rural America's Struggle
PUBLISHED: December 11, 2017
A dollar for their woes.
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Emotions trump facts.
PUBLISHED: December 4, 2017
Steinle Case Solves Nothing
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Who's Welcome?
PUBLISHED: Nov. 9, 2017
"All" or nothing?
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Fix the Parks, Not the Fees
PUBLISHED: October 25, 2017
Trump's misguided plan for national parks.
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Names Make News
PUBLISHED: October 9, 2017
A roster of hits and misses.
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Linking Arms, But Not Minds
PUBLISHED: October 2, 2017
The NFL’s muddle in the huddle.
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Fumbling the Name Game
PUBLISHED: September 25, 2017
Hard to get modern monikers straight.
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Don't Spoil My Fantasy
PUBLISHED: September 18, 2017
I'll never give up.
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Hillary and Co. Should Chill
PUBLISHED: September 8, 2017
Just step back.
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Ethics on the Fire Lines
PUBLISHED: September 5, 2017
$2 an hour, and a chance.
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Siri: What Is Football's Future?
PUBLISHED: August 14, 2017
Injury-free virtual play.
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Discrimination on Many Levels
PUBLISHED: August 3, 2017
No Kap on unfairness.
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Trump's Real Media Angle
PUBLISHED: July 24, 2017
It's beyond "fake."
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Measuring Activity Inequality
PUBLISHED: July 18, 2017
Walk for your life.
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Home Delivery! What Will They Think of Next?
PUBLISHED: June 29, 2017
Life used to be so convenient.
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Extraordinary 'Times'
PUBLISHED: June 22, 2017
85 and counting.
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Comey Leaves Us Spinning
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2017
He said, he said.
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Yoko Ono Must Work in the Woods
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2017
Not exactly sounds of silence.
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Fees, Fines and Fairness
PUBLISHED: May 18, 2017
Nickel and diming the poor.
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Highway Robbery Targets the Poor
PUBLISHED: May 17, 2017
Some states are speeding backward.
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TV’s New Deal
PUBLISHED: May 12, 2017
Shows, not channels.
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Saturday Night Follies
PUBLISHED: May 1, 2017
Trump and media at their worst.
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Trump's Endless Campaign
PUBLISHED: April 19, 2017
Power seeks power.
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Thoughts for the Holidays
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2017
From the people’s pope.
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Trump Boosts Cable’s Fortunes
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2017
Watcher-in-Chief.
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Trump's Team Masks the Issues
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2017
Who was that masked leaker?
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Little Merit in Trump's Latest Immigration View
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2017
President welcomes the wealthy.
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Opposing Trump Is a Grassroots Game
PUBLISHED: February 27, 2017
Media and the public must step up.
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'Undocumented' Isn't a Bad Word Here
PUBLISHED: February 24, 2017
Dealing with immigration.
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Reporters at the Gate
PUBLISHED: February 17, 2017
Covering Trump.
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Nerd Prom Must Go
PUBLISHED: February 15, 2017
We don't need a Commander-in-Shtick.
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CNN's a Beacon in Dark Times
PUBLISHED: February 10, 2017
Must-see TV news.
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Trump's Numbers Don't Add Up
PUBLISHED: February 7, 2017
What mandate?
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The Republic Stands Tall
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2017
Powerful words in the desert.
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Cover Trump with Caution
PUBLISHED: January 24, 2017
The size of his crowds means as little as the size of his hands.
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Shaping News Coverage in the Digital Age
PUBLISHED: January 17, 2017
Do we need more visuals?
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Women Rise as Top Cops
PUBLISHED: January 9, 2017
Are they equal or better?
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Hey, Google's My New Bud
PUBLISHED: January 3, 2017
Google hears an Echo.
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2017 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 22, 2016
New certain to occur in the New Year.
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Give Trump Credit
PUBLISHED: December 12, 2016
...Someone has to.
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Words to Avoid in 2017
PUBLISHED: November 21, 2016
2016’s are sort of worn out.
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Trump's Art of the Spiel
PUBLISHED: November 17, 2016
What did he mean?
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Trump Tries on Sheep's Clothing
PUBLISHED: November 14, 2016
Promises, promises...
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What Did Voters Really See?
PUBLISHED: November 10, 2016
And what did they make of it?
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Christmas Creep
PUBLISHED: November 7, 2016
Have you finished your shopping?
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Campaigns Hit Sour Notes
PUBLISHED: October 31, 2016
Stop the music!
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Free at Last!
PUBLISHED: October 24, 2016
Start the countdown.
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Arizona's Crazy with the Political Heat
PUBLISHED: October 18, 2016
Campaign rhetoric is half-baked.
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The Big Con in Conway
PUBLISHED: October 3, 2016
Toeing Trump's line.
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As a Journalist, Holt Stumbled Badly
PUBLISHED: September 27, 2016
Newsman on an island.
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Clip 'n Save for Monday Night
PUBLISHED: September 22, 2016
This debate won't settle the score.
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Have-Nots Still Come Up Short
PUBLISHED: September 15, 2016
Income gap remains wide.
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Debates Will Underwhelm
PUBLISHED: September 8, 2016
Don't hold your breath.
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Road Signs Drive Me Crazy
PUBLISHED: August 29, 2016
Who writes these things?
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Hannity Is Trump's Puppeteer
PUBLISHED: August 22, 2016
Host puts the words in candidate's mouth.
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No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
PUBLISHED: August 15, 2016
Too many emails to chew on.
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'Undecided' About What?
PUBLISHED: July 28, 2016
GOP voters face test.
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Six Factors that Gave Us Trump
PUBLISHED: July 21, 2016
He's in a perfect storm.
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Opinion! Read All About It!
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2016
News outlets raise their voices.
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Farmers Markets Deserve Support
PUBLISHED: July 11, 2016
Don't fret over minor problems.
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I'm Already Vacationed Out
PUBLISHED: June 28, 2016
And I've lost my last peso.
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Vin Scully Heads for Home
PUBLISHED: June 20, 2016
Baseball's true MVP.
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Hurra para los trabajadores
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2016
Hooray for the workers.
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A Good Listener Retires
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2016
Conversation gets clipped.
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Clinton Needs a Crash Course
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2016
Race with Trump is too close for comfort.
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It's Time to Party
PUBLISHED: May 12, 2016
Voting the party line.
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Newspapers Embrace Billionaire Buffs
PUBLISHED: April 29, 2016
All in the family.
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Stuck in Traffic (School)
PUBLISHED: April 13, 2016
Courses to drive you crazy.
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Diamond Visions
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2016
Gimmicks won’t lure younger viewers.
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Sticks, Stones and Trump
PUBLISHED: March 25, 2016
What's in a name?
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Cuba's New Moment
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2016
A picture is worth…
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He's pulling the strings.
PUBLISHED: March 16, 2016
He's pulling the strings.
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GOP Won't Disavow Trump
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2016
Dominos will tumble.
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The Collapse of Recycling
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2016
Consumers get hit.
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Campaign Cosmetics
PUBLISHED: February 22, 2016
Mirror, mirror...
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What About Bernie Sanders?
PUBLISHED: February 8, 2016
Time to rethink his campaign.
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The GOP's Un-Reality Show
PUBLISHED: January 29, 2016
Trump's in an empty forest.
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GOP Debates Aren't Helping Much
PUBLISHED: January 25, 2016
Precious little light.
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The Trump Card Is Still a Joker
PUBLISHED: January 19, 2016
His act is deja vu.
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Presidential Priorities
PUBLISHED: January 8, 2016
The real state of the union.
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2016 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 24, 2015
Getting 2016 off on the wrong foot.
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#MediaResolutions
PUBLISHED: December 22, 2015
This is Breaking News.
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Our Polling Addiction
PUBLISHED: December 14, 2015
Media are hopelessly hooked.
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Gun victims need more than prayer
PUBLISHED: December 4, 2015
N.Y. tabloid nails it.
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Talk Is Cheap, Foul Language Is Worthless
PUBLISHED: November 19, 2015
Oliver should know better.
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GOP Small Talk
PUBLISHED: November 13, 2015
Strangers in the night.
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Memo from the Southwest
PUBLISHED: November 6, 2015
GusGus is safe!
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California's Not Just Dreamin'
PUBLISHED: October 13, 2015
A model for the nation.
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The GOP's Best Email Offer!
PUBLISHED: October 12, 2015
Too good to refuse?
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Politics Without Passion
PUBLISHED: October 7, 2015
Is the thrill gone already?
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Protecting School Kids
PUBLISHED: October 2, 2015
When will things change?
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The Best Talking Heads Lean Right
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2015
At least on TV and radio.
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Fearing Fear Itself
PUBLISHED: September 16, 2015
Wake-up call from Texas.
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Clinton's Sorry State
PUBLISHED: September 9, 2015
What's an apology anyway?
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Who Wins the 2016 Game?
PUBLISHED: September 4, 2015
Elementary, Watson.
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Baseball’s Botched Scoring
PUBLISHED: August 27, 2015
Too many errors in the press box.
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Media Are Out to Get Everyone
PUBLISHED: August 20, 2015
That's how news works.
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Kale, With Fudge on Top
PUBLISHED: August 16, 2015
I’m eating swell this summer!
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Trump's Exit Speech
PUBLISHED: August 13, 2015
His next big move.
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Trump Pulls No Tweets
PUBLISHED: August 11, 2015
He's totally unfiltered.
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Mishandling Kids and Crime
PUBLISHED: July 31, 2015
Tragedy sparks debate.
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Misleading Monikers in the News
PUBLISHED: July 23, 2015
Failure to communicate.
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Unlocking Prison Reform
PUBLISHED: July 17, 2015
A passing social fad?
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Trump’s Laughing at Us
PUBLISHED: July 8, 2015
Modern political theater.
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California's Water Woes Hit Home
PUBLISHED: June 23, 2015
Brown with envy.
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Video Wallpaper
PUBLISHED: June 10, 2015
Feeding our digital addiction.
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It's a GOP Stampede
PUBLISHED: June 3, 2015
Many reasons to run!
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What YouTube Taught Me
PUBLISHED: May 31, 2015
My time at YouTube U.
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Bomber's Sentence Punishes Us All
PUBLISHED: May 18, 2015
The wrong kind of exceptionalism.
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Big League Knitting
PUBLISHED: May 12, 2015
The Crackerjack craze.
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Clinton Stirring the Wrong Passions
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2015
Unfavorable ratings climb.
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California’s License Scheme Punishes the Poor
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2015
Four million licenses suspended.
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Road Sage
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2015
Signs of our drives.
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Where are Boxing's Critics?
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2015
They're focused on football.
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Clinton Campaign Springs a Leak
PUBLISHED: March 12, 2015
She needs more style points.
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Trump's in the Clown Car
PUBLISHED: February 25, 2015
Who's laughing at whom?
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Six Months Won't Solve Williams' Woes
PUBLISHED: February 10, 2015
The anchor should step down.
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What's In a Name?
PUBLISHED: February 9, 2015
Names R Us.
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California Lays Down the Laws
PUBLISHED: January 20, 2015
Other states should take note.
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Sony Gets the Last Laugh
PUBLISHED: December 29, 2014
Gotta love those North Koreans.
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2015 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 23, 21014
Next year's news while it's hot!
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Liz, Don't Jump!
PUBLISHED: December 16, 2014
Many eyes on 2016 prize.
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My Cable-TV Grudge
PUBLISHED: December 5, 2014
Comcast serves up a turkey.
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Easy Does It
PUBLISHED: November 25, 2014
Winslow's roots are strong.
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My Mom's Success
PUBLISHED: November 18, 2014
She was measured by different metrics.
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Penny Wise and Parks Foolish
PUBLISHED: November 14, 2014
Our parks should be free for all.
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You’ve Got Spam!
PUBLISHED: November 7, 2014
The junk in AOL's trunk.
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It's Okay, Really
PUBLISHED: October 30, 2014
America is slowly filling its tank.
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The Ticket Game
PUBLISHED: October 27, 2014
How much to attend the World Series?
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Thoughts About Whatchamacallit
PUBLISHED: October 15, 2014
Remember your rights!
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Baseball Drinks Up and Dumbs Down
PUBLISHED: October 2, 2014
Clubhouse celebrations are too much already.
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Curses, Fooled Again!
PUBLISHED: September 27, 2014
Peter sums up the TV Land experience for The New York Times.
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Gillibrand Is Offside
PUBLISHED: September 22, 2014
Senator's new book hurts her cause.
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Hillary's Puzzling Demo Gap
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2014
What polls show about her peers.
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Class Act
PUBLISHED: May 5, 2014
Some advice for graduates.
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Sterling's Message
PUBLISHED: April 28, 2014
The struggle continues.
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Media Drones
PUBLISHED: April 21, 2014
New media flying low.
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Doo Dah, Back at You
PUBLISHED: April 15, 2014
Everyone loves a parade.
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Phone Lost, Friends Found
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2014
Airport proves to be a pleasant place.
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Foul Balls
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2014
A new season, with nagging problems.
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The Plane! The Plane!
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2014
More theories than news.
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Pay Attention to This
PUBLISHED: March 10, 2014
Will technology drive us crazy?
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2016 Crystal Ball
PUBLISHED: February 24, 2014
Picking a president.
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TV Goes for the Gold
PUBLISHED: February 17, 2014
Programming's perfect storm.
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Looking at the Law
PUBLISHED: February 6, 2014
Real or sanitized?
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Viewers Really Ad Up
PUBLISHED: January 31, 2014
Cue the puppy!
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Water Woes Out West
PUBLISHED: January 1, 2014
Drought plagues Golden State.
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2014 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 31, 2013
A full year's news!
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They, Too, Will Be Missed
PUBLISHED: December 23, 2013
Saying goodbye.
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
PUBLISHED: December 12, 2013
Name that tune!
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Through the Looking Glass
PUBLISHED: December 6, 2013
Who's snooping on whom?
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Jimmy Kimmel Trips and Viewers Fall
PUBLISHED: November 11, 2013
Candy stunt is simply too cruel.
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A Game of and for the Ages
PUBLISHED: November 4, 2013
Arizona's fields of dreams.
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A Royal Scam
PUBLISHED: October 28, 2013
School offer doesn't ring true.
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Siri Tells All
PUBLISHED: October 8, 2013
Can it (gasp!) be true?
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Rushing Print's Demise
PUBLISHED: October 3, 2013
Doubling down? Or out?
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Maryland’s Courage
PUBLISHED: September 26, 2013
Rising to the gun challenge.
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Happy Holidays!
PUBLISHED: September 24, 2013
And not a minute too soon.
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Hi-Tech Harvest
PUBLISHED: September 12, 2013
Drones and robots
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A-Jam Enters the Mix
PUBLISHED: August 23, 2013
Big news in TV coverage.
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Chilling News
PUBLISHED: August 9, 2013
Warming concerns heat up.
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Betwixt and Between
PUBLISHED: August 8, 2013
The Globe, The Post, and us.
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Autocorrect Calls This 'Guilin'
PUBLISHED: August 6, 2013
Do chimpanzees need iPads?
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Pervs in the Press
PUBLISHED: August 2, 2013
How low can the tabloids go?
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Monitoring Media
PUBLISHED: July 22, 2013
A sizzling summer around the dial.
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Postcard from Dublin
PUBLISHED: July 16, 2013
Irish eyes are smiling.
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TV on Trial
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2013
Cameras fail in court.
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Fog in the Sunshine State
PUBLISHED: July 1, 2013
Trial won't reveal much.
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A Newsworthy Week
PUBLISHED: June 27, 2013
Headlines tell different stories.
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An E-Z Fix
PUBLISHED: June 21, 2013
More taxes should be progressive.
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Mister, Mister
PUBLISHED: June 5, 2013
Are we on a first-name basis?
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What is a Journalist?
PUBLISHED: May 30, 2013
Is pay a requisite?
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BYOB: Bring Your Own Bag
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2013

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Getting it Wrong
PUBLISHED: May 15, 2013
Little has changed since Cronkite's day.
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Keep Those Catalogs Comin’
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2013
Hammacher Schlemmer and me.
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Wide Options, Narrow Interests
PUBLISHED: May 7, 2013
Cutting the cord to spite your enjoyment.
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Rambunctious Raccoons
PUBLISHED: April 30, 2013
Strangers in the night.
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Boots in Boston
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
Legacy media prevail.
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The Will to Win
PUBLISHED: April 19, 2013
Just give us an enemy.
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Steal This Video
PUBLISHED: April 12, 2013
Times and media are a changin'.
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April Fools
PUBLISHED: April 1, 2013
The joke's on media.
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Juvenile Injustice
PUBLISHED: March 21, 2013
Kids, even violent ones, are not adults.
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Our Disposable Culture
PUBLISHED: March 6, 2013
Shrinking the past.
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Home Free
PUBLISHED: March 5, 2013
Yahoo's got it all wrong.
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Seeing Is Deceiving
PUBLISHED: February 4, 2013
Obama's regrettable gun photo.
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Hearing Misses the Target
PUBLISHED: January 30, 2013
No progress on guns.
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Striking a Presidential Pose
PUBLISHED: January 22, 2013
How presidents face the camera.
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Fussing Over the Distaff Staff
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2013
Opportunity or optics?
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News Flash: Internet Rants Aren't News
PUBLISHED: January 11, 2013
Mixing media and messages.
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Viewing or Gorging?
PUBLISHED: January 8, 2013
24 episodes in 72 hours.
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Protecting School Kids
PUBLISHED: January 2, 2013
What could be more precious?
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2013 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 27, 2012
Forecasting the New Year's news.
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Hair Today
PUBLISHED: December 24, 2012
Can't Buy Me Locks?
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Language Resolutions
PUBLISHED: December 18, 2012
Plenty to stop sayin'.
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Alarms, True and False
PUBLISHED: December 14, 2012
Good points not always good arguments.
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The Joke's on Whom?
PUBLISHED: December 9, 2012
Pranking in the digital age.
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Biased About Bias
PUBLISHED: December 6, 2012
Do media lean left or right?
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Oh, by Golly
PUBLISHED: November 29, 2012
Holiday music flashes back.
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Lindsey, Stoned and Pilloried
PUBLISHED: November 26, 2012
Facebook photo sparks rage.
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Poll Withdrawal
PUBLISHED: November 20, 2012
Bored? Take a poll.
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Americans Deserve Answers
PUBLISHED: November 15, 2012
Here's a handy post-election Q&A.
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It's You
PUBLISHED: November 8, 2012
It ain't rocket science.
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Our Status Is Quo
PUBLISHED: November 7, 2012
What next for America?
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Man for the Moment
PUBLISHED: November 2, 2012
Obama deserves your vote.
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Lotteries are Losers
PUBLISHED: October 12, 2012
Government's bad bet.
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Weak Debate, Awful TV
PUBLISHED: October 4, 2012
Rocky Mountain Low
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New Formats Muddy Debates
PUBLISHED: September 27, 2012
Will form trump substance?
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App Seeks Your Vote
PUBLISHED: September 14, 2012
A real stumper.
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We're In This Together
PUBLISHED: September 7, 2012
Are we better off?
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Tampa Tidings
PUBLISHED: August 31, 2012
Is it real, or is it politics?
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Decisions, Decisions
PUBLISHED: August 24, 2012
Some voters just don't get it.
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'Al' and 'Joe' Lead the Spam Squad
PUBLISHED: August 12, 2012
Campaign e-mails run wild.
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Battle of the Placards
PUBLISHED: July 27, 2012
The latest in podium politics.
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Lipstick Commentary
PUBLISHED: July 23, 2012
The look for conservative women on TV.
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BUSTS at the Ballpark
PUBLISHED: July 12, 2012
Umps and scorers strike out.
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Nothing to Crow About
PUBLISHED: June 13, 2012
What nature puts in our path.
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Tuned Out
PUBLISHED: June 5, 2012
What's Congress doing?
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Undecided? About What?
PUBLISHED: May 25, 2012
$2 billion in needless campaign ads.
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Lowest Content Denominator
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2012
You get what you pay for.
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Hillary Speculation Won't Die
PUBLISHED: May 16, 2012
Will she replace Biden?
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Funny Money
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2012
That's "big" with a "b."
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Martin Case Goes Beyond Race
PUBLISHED: April 14, 2012
Why Stand Your Ground won't work.
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Empty Interviews
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2012
Live interviews come up short.
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Voice Lessons
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2012
When machines talk, we listen.
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Rise of the 1 Percent
PUBLISHED: March 24, 2012
Are you in the group?
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Free Agent Fans
PUBLISHED: March 15, 2012
Want to root for a team? Buy stock.
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Media Bashing
PUBLISHED: March 12, 2012
Don't shoot the messenger.
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Sweet Nothin's
PUBLISHED: February 24, 2012
We're a tabloid nation now.
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Keep SCOTUS In Camera, Not on It
PUBLISHED: February 22, 2012
Justices not ready for prime time.
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Slip Slidin' Away
PUBLISHED: February 17, 2012
From the mouths of candidates.
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Obama Does What?
PUBLISHED: February 11, 2012
How the press sees it.
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How Class Warfare Begins
PUBLISHED: February 11, 2012
Life in the high-roller lane.
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Break the College Textbook Racket
PUBLISHED: February 8, 2012
Who needs a $200 textbook?
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GOP Faces the Odds
PUBLISHED: January 28, 2012
Which candidate has the edge?
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At the End of Our Rope?
PUBLISHED: January 17, 2012
We're hurting, and divided.
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Big Media's Latest Mistake
PUBLISHED: January 13, 2012
Citizens belong in the bleachers.
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Theater for Twits
PUBLISHED: January 8, 2012
Welcome to the tweet seats.
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Porcini Parade
PUBLISHED: January 2, 2012
There's money in them thar mushrooms.
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2012 Precap
PUBLISHED: December 28, 2011
News for the coming year.
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Where Charity Begins
PUBLISHED: December 21, 2011
Use a triage system.
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Campaigns are an Open Book
PUBLISHED: December 9, 2011
Winning votes or readers?
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Better with Age?
PUBLISHED: December 7, 2011
Brain freezes and oops moments.
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How to Fix the Debates
PUBLISHED: December 1, 2011
Earn votes, not ratings.
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Four I'll Miss
PUBLISHED: November 29, 2011
Giants who began in print.
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Crazy, Lazy Politics
PUBLISHED: November 18, 2011
The president's critics go soft.
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Chatter Box
PUBLISHED: November 17, 2011
TV turns to more meaningless gab.
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Dancing with the GOP
PUBLISHED: November 10, 2011
All 8 candidates deserve your support!
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Trap and Release
PUBLISHED: November 4, 2011
Arizona's immigration mess.
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Where's the Rub?
PUBLISHED: October 12, 2011
So much media, so little news.
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Save Our Books!
PUBLISHED: October 5, 2011
Students ask, "What's a library?"
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Nader Just Won't Learn
PUBLISHED: September 28, 2011
With friends like this, who needs political enemies?
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All the World's a Stage
PUBLISHED: September 23, 2011
Everyone's tuned in.
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No-Pledge Pledge
PUBLISHED: September 19, 2011
Politicians like being cornered.
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Hold the Applause
PUBLISHED: September 10, 2011
Death is nothing to cheer about.
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Tarnished State
PUBLISHED: September 3, 2011
California is hurting.
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Hair Raising
PUBLISHED: August 26, 2011
New media are losing perspective.
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Heads Up in 2012
PUBLISHED: August 22, 2011
Winning by a hair.
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Political Enemies Within
PUBLISHED: August 16, 2011
Right and left are tugging at the center.
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Money Squawks
PUBLISHED: August 10, 2011
Banks keep nickel and diming us.
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Justitia, Open Your Eyes
PUBLISHED: August 1, 2011
Our courts must look deeper.
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Closing the Book
PUBLISHED: July 22, 2011
Borders will be missed.
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Patriotic Purchasing
PUBLISHED: July 15, 2011
Do we care if it's made in the USA?
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Summer Flings
PUBLISHED: July 11, 2011
No vacation for presidential hopefuls.
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Along the Twitter Trail
PUBLISHED: July 6, 2011
Politicians go social.
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Obscene Video Violence
PUBLISHED: July 1, 2011
Court decision raises new questions.
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In God We Vote
PUBLISHED: June 23, 2011
Separation of church and politics.
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Coke or Pepsi? Form or Substance?
PUBLISHED: June 15, 2011
CNN's debate tactics.
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Judicial Depravity
PUBLISHED: June 14, 2011
Kids are not adults, it's really that simple.
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Daydream Believer
PUBLISHED: June 11, 2011
Imagine what you could be reading right now.
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It's All About Respect
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2011
The Dangerfield in all of us.
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Signs of Confusion
PUBLISHED: June 2, 2011
Does the sign mean zig or zag?
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Baseball's Alcohol Problem
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2011
MLB should take action.
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The bin Laden News Trove
PUBLISHED: May 9, 2011
It's all in the details.
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Uppity
PUBLISHED: May 4, 2011
Looking at White and black.
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Do It Yourself (Poorly)
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2011
Is this the age of mediocrity?
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Burn This Letter
PUBLISHED: April 25, 2011
Good speeches don't come in the mail.
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Snooze Control
PUBLISHED: April 18, 2011
How to keep FAA workers from dozing.
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G Whiz
PUBLISHED: April 14, 2011
What's goin' on with our speech?
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No Rx for Trips to the DL
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2011
Give me a break (or strain)!
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Keeping Secrets
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2011
Does what we don't know hurt us?
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You Call This an Odyssey?
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2011
Operation Name That Operation.
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Defunding or Defanging?
PUBLISHED: March 18, 2011
The buzz about NPR and PBS.
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Vendor of Smiles
PUBLISHED: March 16, 2011
"...like grandma made!"
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$pring Training
PUBLISHED: March 10, 2011
How much for a seat on the lawn?
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Strike Up the Bland
PUBLISHED: March 2, 2011
GOP runs for...cover.
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It's in the Mail
PUBLISHED: February 25, 2011
Postal cuts cause deep wounds.
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Watching Congress
PUBLISHED: February 15, 2011
How subjective should C-SPAN be?
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Taking Exception
PUBLISHED: February 2, 2011
Playing catch-phrase politics.
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The Bachmann Express
PUBLISHED: January 26, 2011
Adding to the Iowa chill.
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The Newswatch Never Stops
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2011
...Nor should it.
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In Other News.
PUBLISHED: January 20, 2011
Monday, Monday.
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A Wiki Education
PUBLISHED: January 18, 2011
About textbooks and facts.
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Air Raid
PUBLISHED: January 12, 2011
Why conservative broadcasters win the war of words.
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Clubbed
PUBLISHED: January 4, 2011
Groucho would have been a bad shopper.
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2011 Precap
PUBLISHED: Janurary 1, 2011
What's certain to happen in the New Year.
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Voluntary Tax Break
PUBLISHED: December 23, 2010
What better time to reward volunteers?
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Crying Game
PUBLISHED: December 15, 2010
Who's sobbing now?
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For Better or Worse?
PUBLISHED: December 13, 2010
Obama supporters should get real.
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It's Really "Capital" Hill
PUBLISHED: December 7, 2010
Show me the money.
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Hunting for Heroes
PUBLISHED: November 30, 2010
Can we be trained as heroes?
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Gee, Thanks
PUBLISHED: November 23, 2010
It's a long haul at the mall.
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Low-Tone Security
PUBLISHED: November 16, 2010
We don't need security "theater."
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$2 Billion in BS
PUBLISHED: November 9, 2010
What's the price tag on honest reporting?
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The Winning Way
PUBLISHED: November 4, 2010
Politicians should study sports.
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Fear of Flying
PUBLISHED: October 25, 2010
What else worries Juan Williams?
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Out of the Mine
PUBLISHED: October 14, 2010
A genuine feel-good moment.
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A Fund for All Reasons
PUBLISHED: October 7, 2010
Secret money flows into political campaigns.
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Too Funny for Words
PUBLISHED: October 1, 2010
Nothing bleepin' changes in TV.
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The Rub Off Effect
PUBLISHED: September 29, 2010
News is everywhere, and nowhere.
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Fair or Foul?
PUBLISHED: September 21, 2010
Is Jeter a cheater?
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Can the Internet Save Main Street?
PUBLISHED: September 19, 2010
Hope for The Shop Around the Corner.
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A Message to Unlikely Voters
PUBLISHED: September 12, 2010
"Present" is no option.
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Smile Index
PUBLISHED: September 7, 2010
American are remarkably resilient.
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Customer Service Travels Well
PUBLISHED: September 1, 2010
Hotels up, airlines down.
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Basic Fairness
PUBLISHED: August 20, 2010
A Rush to Poor Judgment
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Race Against Time
PUBLISHED: JULY 25, 2010
Lessons from the Sherrod Affair
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Penny Wise and Fan Foolish
PUBLISHED: JULY 22, 2010
Who's Getting Taken Out at the Ballgame?
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Link to This
PUBLISHED: JULY 15, 2010
Be an Internet superstar!
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The Avatar Candidate
PUBLISHED: JULY 13, 2010
Whitman's tech trek in California.
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King James Version
PUBLISHED: JULY 12, 2010
The summer's biggest story gets even bigger.
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The Daily Content
PUBLISHED: JULY 6, 2010
The new dirty word in communications.
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General Everything
PUBLISHED: JULY 1, 2010
Too many jobs for one man?
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Studying the T-Threat
PUBLISHED: JUNE 23, 2010
When words fail us.
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Tough Sell
PUBLISHED: JUNE 14, 2010
What's BP buying with ad dollars?
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If I Ran a High School
PUBLISHED: JUNE 9, 2010
Here's what I'd like to change.
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Info Addiction
PUBLISHED: JUNE 3, 2010
Do we really need to know all that?
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Up Front in America
PUBLISHED: MAY 24, 2010
The news from many corners.
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Gore's New Gang
PUBLISHED: MAY 20, 2010
Harnessing youth power.
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We Are the Wonks
PUBLISHED: MAY 19, 2010
To the tune of "We Are the World."
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High-Priced Diplomacy
PUBLISHED: MAY 13, 2010
Imagining the hot commencement speeches.
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Closed Open
PUBLISHED: MAY 12, 2010
Restrictive rules hurt U.S. Open golf fans.
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A Standup President
PUBLISHED: May 3, 2010
Do we need a Commander-in-Schtick?
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Cover Story
PUBLISHED: APRIL 29, 2010
Is it fair to fiddle with photos?
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Where did journalism classes go?
PUBLISHED: APRIL 26, 2010
High schools are feeling the pinch.
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Spit Ball
PUBLISHED: APRIL 22, 2010
Major Leaguers are all wet.
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Stuck in the Spin Cycle
PUBLISHED: APRIL 15, 2010
Too much political spin makes you dizzy.
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Got Apps?
PUBLISHED: APRIL 8, 2010
America's economy is riding on iIdeas.
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The Coca-Cola Column
PUBLISHED: APRIL 1, 2010
Cash meets crass.
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Taxes Make Dull Tools
PUBLISHED: MARCH 11, 2010
Raising awareness, or money?
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Polls Apart
PUBLISHED: MARCH 5, 2010
How do you feel? Take a poll.
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Branded
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 25, 2010
How many URL ads are too many?
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Obama's X Factors
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 18, 2010
Taking stock after Year One.
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2010 Precap
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 26, 2009
A look at the news to come.
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Reality TV
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 23, 2009
Is it real? Or is it television?
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Palin the Pundit
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 9, 2009
Does she merit a WaPo forum?
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Dorm Norms
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 1, 2009
Allowing roommates to be of opposite sex.
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Black Thursday
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Newspapers err in holiday pricing.
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Flu Symptoms
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 17, 2009
H1N1 forces focus on health care.
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Cable's Lessons
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 4, 2009
A Net revolution, and a rerun.
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Pricey Democracy
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 15, 2009
Can we afford information "have-nots"?
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For Kids, All Work Won't Work
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Fitness and fun count, too.
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Who's Playing Politics with Kids?
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
GOP steps up the book battle.
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Profiling 2.0
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 20, 2009
How Americans look at each other.
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Rules of the Road
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 2, 2009
What MapQuest fails to mention.
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To the Dogs
PUBLISHED: JULY 29, 2009
The disturbing appeal of MMA.
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Never Say Never
PUBLISHED: JULY 24, 2009
Fortunately, there will be more Cronkites.
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Baseball's Bat and Gall
PUBLISHED: JULY 16, 2009
Isn't safe better than sorry?
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I've Got Plenty to Disclose
PUBLISHED: JULY 11, 2009
How much disclosure is too much?
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Fire Alarms
PUBLISHED: JUNE 30, 2009
Privatization of public services is dangerous.
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The Joke's on Newsweek
PUBLISHED: JUNE 15, 2009
After 'Guest Editor,' what's next?
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Listen Up, Class of '09
PUBLISHED: MAY 22, 2009
What commencement speakers might have said.
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Flu-Bugged
PUBLISHED: MAY 8, 2009
Caught between a cough and Katrina.
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Big-League Slump
PUBLISHED: APRIL 20, 2009
Baseball's a barometer in tough times.
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Bad News
PUBLISHED: APRIL 11, 2009
Publishing decisions from the Hall of Horrors.
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Snit Fit
PUBLISHED: APRIL 1, 2009
The latest Internet breakthrough.
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Watch Words
PUBLISHED: MARCH 26, 2009
It's the wrong time for conspicuous consumption.
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Newt's Ad Game
PUBLISHED: MARCH 16, 2009
If ads fail, what about used cars?
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Rx for Confusion
PUBLISHED: MARCH 9, 2009
Should prescription drugs be advertised on TV?
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Times for a Smile
PUBLISHED: MARCH 3, 2009
Bad times leave us all wondering.
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Google Is Watching
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 9, 2009
Do Owellian images go too far?
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Coulter Chronicles
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 22, 2009
Self-promotion reaches new heights.
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Obama's Inaugural Speech
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 19, 2009
What the new president might say.
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Caroline, You Know
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 30, 2008
A senator should be a better speaker.
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Free Time
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 28, 2008
Stopping the clocks on New Year's Eve.
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2009 Precap
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 24, 2008
Here's a year's worth of news.
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Trillion: The New Billion
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 11, 2008
What's wrong with a few more zeros?
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Penny Wise
PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 5, 2008
Please don't dump the one-cent coin.
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Tapped Out
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 29, 2008
Is Obama going to the well too often?
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Fake ‘Honors’ Con Kids
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Marketers sell expensive trips based on false hopes.
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Pirates of Petroleum
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Modern marauders have good PR sense.
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I'm Available
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 14, 2008
Team Obama should put me to work.
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The Full Effect
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 7, 2008
If not Bradley, then which "effects" affected Obama?
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Taking Pride
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 30, 2008
An Obama presidency will bring change...in us.
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Dirty Air
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 23, 2008
Right, left, and little in the middle.
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Fear and Money
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 18, 2008
Two issues weigh on voters' minds.
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Get Me to Main Street!
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 10, 2008
Imagining what's next for the Journal.
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Palin's Prospects
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Which Sarah will show up to debate?
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Undecided?
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 19, 2008
These voters must be comatose.
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What Hillary Must Do
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 13, 2008
Only Clinton Can Counter Palin.
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10 Questions for Palin
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
Voters deserve honest answers from the potential Veep.
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The DNC's TV Blackout
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 29, 2008
Networks were too busy talking to cover the speeches.
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Race in '08
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 27, 2008
Obama shouldn't duck the racial issue.
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Watch your step when traveling.
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 25, 2008
Putting a leash on hotels' pet policies.
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Wake Me in November
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 7, 2008
Little excitement in this campaign bout.
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Campaign Lingo
PUBLISHED: AUGUST 2, 2008
Pundits pivot for terms with traction.
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Pointers for McCain
PUBLISHED: JULY 24, 2008
Is victory possible...at The Times?
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What's in a Middle Name?
PUBLISHED: JULY 19, 2008
Are we all "Hussein" or "Sidney"?
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That New Yorker Cover
PUBLISHED: JULY 18, 2008
You can't tell a book by its cover, but many try.
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Ha!
PUBLISHED: JULY 10, 2008
"Ha" is nothing to snicker about.
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Cable's Winners and Losers
PUBLISHED: JUNE 28, 2008
Winners and losers in the cable campaign.
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Inside the Margins
PUBLISHED: JUNE 15, 2008
The "margin of error" way of life.
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Minor League Monikers
PUBLISHED: JUNE 9, 2008
There's Big-League fun in Minor-League names.
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Obama’s ‘West Wing’ Connection
PUBLISHED: MAY 26, 2008
How the TV show was modeled after the candidate-to-be.
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The GIBSON Awards
PUBLISHED: MAY 19, 2008
Picking the greatest campaign blunders.
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High-Powered Punditry
PUBLISHED: MAY 12, 2008
A handy guide to upcoming political news.
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Shark Bites Candidates!
PUBLISHED: APRIL 28, 2008
Shark attack creates media feeding frenzy.
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My Two E-Friends
PUBLISHED: APRIL 23, 2008
How many e-mails can Barack and Hillary send?
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Guns on Campus
PUBLISHED: APRIL 15, 2008
Guns on campus deserve a failing grade.
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Hillary Clinton’s Stumped for Metrics
PUBLISHED: APRIL 7, 2008
Hillary searches for new campaign metrics.
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Politics And Publishing
PUBLISHED: APRIL 2, 2008
News on the Net means bad news on the doorstep.
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Super-Superdelegates
PUBLISHED: MARCH 17, 2008
Six superdelegates have the real super powers.
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Liquids, Gels and a Blog
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 25, 2008
How many days of “orangeness” do our airports need?
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Volunteers Need a Break
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 13, 2008
Give the nation’s volunteers a tax break.
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Dialing for Delegates
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 12, 2008
How the telephone connects the campaign.
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A Gathering of the Hopeful
PUBLISHED: JANUARY 27, 2008
Inside an Obama phone room.
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Debate Tactics
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 16, 2007
Please don’t throw Hillary in the briar patch.
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The Pledge
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 1, 2007
Tim Russert and mates need better debate questions.
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It’s Not Democracy. It’s a Sub.
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 10, 2007
Minute-by-minute polling proves very little.
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Quiet Campuses
PUBLISHED: OCTOBER 4, 2007
Where’s the outrage on U.S. campuses?
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What’s in a Name?
PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 21, 2007
Hillary launches her single-name campaign.
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