NYTIMES (Sam Sifton) - You Asked
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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury
As a budding writer, getting my name in a newspaper meant more than getting paid for the article. The post A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture A Young Letter-Writer’s Sound and Fury As a budding writer, getting my name in a newspaper meant more than getting paid for the article. Credit: Triff/Shutterstock Many think of the letters-to-the-editor page in local newspapers as the place where those with deep-seated opinions and agendas (and infinite confidence in the same) are invited to let loose. It’s just a soapbox, right? For me, however, the page provided something more serious and lasting: an early, and essential, access point to journalism. When I was a teenager in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the print media still had an aura of…Open
NPR (Eric Deggans) - For 20 years, Stephen Colbert distinguished truth from truthiness
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ends on Thursday. Here's how he has evolved to meet the moment.
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AMERICANGREATNESS (Stephen Soukup) - From ‘The Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ to ‘The New York Times’
In this world, there are many, many things I don’t know. I don’t know New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, for example. Beyond the limited knowledge that […] Source
DAILYCALLER (John Loftus) - REPORT: WaPo Staffers Annoyed That Columnist Has Turned Himself Into Donald Trump’s Towel Boy
The wartime love affair of Marc Thiessen and Donald Trump
THEFEDERALIST (Auguste Meyrat) - John Derbyshire Knows There Are Worse Things In Life Than Being Canceled
A new collection, The Essential John Derbyshire, shows that the politically incorrect columnist remains more insightful and relevant than many of the supposed conservatives who played it safe.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Cesar Chavez's legacy is 'forever tarnished': LA Times columnist | NewsNation Live
Several women, including United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, have alleged they were sexually assaulted by Latino civil rights leader Cesar Chavez, including two who told The New York Times they were teenagers when the assaults occurred. Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano joins "NewsNation Live" to discuss the allegations against Chavez. Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live" with Nichole Berlie. Weekdays starting at 12p/11C. NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
NYTIMES (Trip Gabriel) - David A. Keene, Leader of Two Right-Wing Groups, Dies at 80
He led the N.R.A. and, for 29 years, the American Conservative Union, which organizes the influential annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. He was also a columnist.
NYTIMES (Michael Levenson) - Read Some of John F. Burns’s Reporting From Around the World
In a 40-year career as an international correspondent for The New York Times, Mr. Burns had a talent for capturing the sweep of history in intricate detail.
WASHINGTONPOST (Harrison Smith) - Colman McCarthy, who preached peace as a Post columnist and teacher, dies at 87
After training as a monk, he left the monastery to go into journalism, writing a syndicated Post column that made him a prominent voice in the peace movement.