Opinion

Misdemeanors for the rich

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Here’s a crime drama, tragedy and farce — all in one play...

Sanders’ populist surge

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Not only have crowds been streaming into arenas all around the country to hear Bernie Sanders’ fact-studded speeches, but ordinary Americans have also been...

What job creation numbers don’t tell us

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Have you noticed that The Powers That Be employ an entirely different standard for measuring the health of America’s job market than they use for the stock market...

Letters | Cry me a river

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Cry me a river...

Workers at Walmart cite poor conditions

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This month, something quite remarkable happened in America. Hundreds of Walmart workers who don’t have a union stood up to the company, knowing that it has a long history of illegally retaliating against its employees. In a high unemployment economy, they went on ...

Deception, the shared value of both parties

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There’s a downside to being the editor of a newspaper. It seems like every political organization in the state — including front groups for both major parties — feels compelled to send me its 10 favorite press releases every single day including Sundays and holidays...

Moral Monday on the move

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Rosa Parks became a powerful symbol of courage and defiance in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s by simply refusing to give up her seat to a white man and move to the back of the bus, as the racist culture of that time dictated she was supposed to do...

Why the chicken crossed the road

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Thanks to the industrializers of American agriculture, we finally know why the chicken crossed the road: To run away from the factory farm...

Letters | Vote no on 310

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Vote no on 310...

Letters | Danish wrong again

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Danish wrong again...

How to provide higher learning at a lower price

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I have a modest proposal for making the college experience more affordable, accessible, excellent and just plain better...

Lost in Walmart’s rabbit hole

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Apparently a skunk doesn’t smell its own stink — or at least it’s not offended by it...