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COKIE & STEVEN ROBERTS: Tribes, teams and journalists

  Political tribalism keeps getting worse. The demand for unthinking and uncompromising loyalty keeps getting louder. Individuals or ... Read more

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INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT: Next time, Sinclair, just put your name to the message

Sinclair Broadcasting’s recent promotional message on the state of today’s news — delivered to its TV audiences nationwide ... Read more

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INSIDE THE FIRST AMENDMENT: The White House is wrong. A free press is ‘the people’

An angry U.S. president feels hounded by the news media and is infuriated and discouraged with the intense ... Read more

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GEORGE F. WILL: After tax overhaul, America needs a balanced-budget amendment more than ever

WASHINGTON – Today’s political discord is less durable and dangerous than a consensus, one that unites the political class ... Read more

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Controlling the kudzu of state spending

  One of my many anonymous critics on the Jackson Jambalaya blog zapped me last week over my ... Read more

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Triumphs, tragedies marked Minor’s storied career

By Sid Salter STARKVILLE – Bill Minor – who deservedly embodied the title “dean of Mississippi journalists” at ... Read more