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Goodbye to longtime friend, colleague; hello to another
Given that I write editorials for a living, which sometimes try to persuade people to our position on public policy, I thought I might have a shot at persuading my longtime colleague and friend, Bill...
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Endorsement season begins
Fall is the season when ghosts, goblins and politicians take to the streets — at least some of them to play tricks . Here at The Times-Tribune, the editorial board leaves the ghosts and goblins to the...
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Every four years, even before candidates for mid-term elections announce their intentions, media are awash with predictions: 1. The party holding the presidency will lose seats in Congress; 2. the...
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Those digging dirt on journalists likely to be disappointed
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen noted the other day that the media uniformly acted honorably back in 1964, when the FBI followed through on a threat to release information about Martin Luther...
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Sizing up the landfill
The proposed massive expansion of the Keystone Landfill in Dunmore and Throop is a huge issue by itself. But it also is a window into an even bigger one — the future of Northeast Pennsylvania. There is...
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Out with the old . . . more or less
The turn of the calendar page is … well, the turn of the calendar page. For the most part, life continues on Jan. 1 much as it was on Dec. 31, despite all of the resolutions. But the new year is one...
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Giving offense is not the objective
Following the 2008 attack on Danish embassies in Pakistan and elsewhere, and after the Dec. 7 massacre at the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, many commentators lambasted U.S. newspapers for...
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Meds, Eds and NEPA
One of the mantras that people repeat about Northeast Pennsylvania is that nothing ever changes. But in two weeks I’ll mark my 37th anniversary here at The Times-Tribune, a period during which I have...
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Shadows over Sunshine Week
Hillary Clinton’s assertion that her thirst for personal privacy outweighs the American public’s right to the historical documents she generated as secretary of state is just one example of how...
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Daisy and Madeline We editorial writers often are accused of being snipers in an ivory tower, gratuitously firing at people who actually have to make actual difficult decisions in the real world and...
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When tragedy strikes, should media?
The murders last week in Charleston, South Carolina of nine members of Emmanuel AME Church raises a host of issues beyond the violence itself. Racism, domestic terrorism, gun control and mental health...
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Channeling Gov. Bob Casey
U.S Sen. Bob Casey of Scranton recently voted not to deny federal funds to Planned Parenthood, prompting several letters to the editor asserting that Mr. Casey had abandoned the anti-abortion stance...
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Pope Francis and the media
Pope Francis has arrived in the United States on waves of excitement and dismay. Excitement because the pope has struck a chord with the mass public by his humility and common touch. Dismay because he...
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