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BY DON SORCHYCH | APRIL 24, 2013

Al Neuharth R.I.P.

National news media gave extensive coverage to the death of Al Neuharth. Neuharth passed away at age 89. He was a long time CEO of Gannett Newspapers and the founder of USA Today.

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BY DWIGHT KEHOE  | APRIL 24, 2013

Progressive word games

During these past few days, following yet another act of terrorism having been perpetrated on the people of America, talking heads, politicians and the news media have once again become cohorts in disinformation, speculation and outrageous vilification.

BY DAVE HUMMELS  | APRIL 24, 2013

Eric Schmidt wants to protect you from your neighbor’s drone, but what about Barack Obama’s?

As reported by the BBC, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt expresses grave misgivings about civilian acquisition of drones during an interview with the Guardian (available only to that paper’s subscribers). Curiously, Schmidt voices little skepticism of government use of drones for surveillance and targeted killing.

BY C.D. MICHEL  | APRIL 24, 2013

Unintended victims

She went home from the gun store to endure a ten day cooling off period before she could take her new gun home. But her estranged husband, the subject of a restraining order, was not cooling off about their pending divorce. That same evening she was raped, beaten nearly to death, and their son was almost killed by the man he once called “Daddy.”

BY GLENN MOLLETTE  | APRIL 24, 2013

Our American economy

We can have a stronger economy by creating jobs in America instead of sending them to Mexico, China, India and other parts of the world.

It's time to bring jobs back to America. Business owners should be rewarded with a corporate tax rate of only 15 percent if they bring most of their jobs home. This will allow them to have more money to hire more people.