by Lynn Schmidt Horseshoes may be good for horses and fun to play with, but they are terrible for politics. In political science there is an assertion called the Horseshoe […]
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March 6 letters to the editor
Newspaper critical of Trump but not Biden I read with interest the editorial “Russia wages war on more than Ukraine” (DP-02-26-22) and the obvious lies put forth by the Russians, […]
Did Biden make his case?
by Carl P. Leubsdorf President Joe Biden gave two distinct State of the Union speeches. The first one was better. Biden drew repeated bipartisan applause with a vigorous denunciation of […]
It’s the culture, stupid
Cultural attitudes have changed in the past few years. It began when the pandemic went from something we should be mindful of to a power that we should succumb to, […]
Former Justice Evan Jenkins is walking an ethical tightrope
Three weeks ago, Evan Jenkins was serving as a Justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court with over two years left on his term. Last week, he was working as […]
Covenant between Main St. consumer and big corps is collapsing
Word travels fast in places like Pittsburgh’s iconic small-business district filled with third- and fourth-generation family-owned businesses, the majority of which are centered on two things: relationships and food. Relationships […]
How to save democracy: Elect fewer jerks
by Peter Jensen Having recently completed my 40th year as a card-carrying journalist, I feel compelled to share the one small nugget of wisdom I have gleaned from all those […]
Some of us still have some growing up to do
“I know you are, but what am I?” Remember that kid from fifth grade? That little riposte constituted his entire arsenal of comebacks. Slam him with the most devastating putdown […]
Republicans should rethink idea-free campaigns
by Ramesh Ponnuru Democrats ran in 2020 on a long list of policies they planned to enact and implement, and now they are going through the agony of trying to […]
The latest bias to worry about
by Tyler Cowen For all the talk about how political and media bias distort people’s perceptions of current events, another kind of bias may have an even greater impact: recency […]
