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No more excuses

LARRY SMITH - August 19, 2024

Remember Shirley Sherrod? Relatively few people do. Ms. Sherrod was hired in 2009 to work for then President Barack Obama’s USDA as its Georgia...

Opinion

There’s still time, Mr. President

LARRY SMITH - March 14, 2024

President Joe Biden’s age has been a major topic of discussion during this campaign. Recently, the President has taken to addressing the issue directly....

National News

Ballot challenge against former President Donald Trump denied in Indiana

WFYI - March 6, 2024

By BENJAMIN THORP The Indiana Election Commission denied a challenge against President Donald Trump. (Photo from commission live stream/WFYI) The Indiana Election Commission voted Tuesday to deny an effort...

Opinion

Crime and (no) punishment

LARRY SMITH - February 22, 2024

Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev resigned on Christmas Day 1991. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Parliament dissolved itself. Those events had a profound and lasting...

Opinion

Well, it’s still football season

LARRY SMITH - February 15, 2024

Last week the Supreme Court heard arguments from the State of Colorado, which barred former President Donald Trump from appearing on its presidential ballot....

Opinion

Change for a half dolla

LARRY SMITH - February 8, 2024

It’s no secret that Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is multi-talented. Having begun his career as a phenomenally successful rapper, Jackson has since made a...

Opinion

Get in where you fit in

LARRY SMITH - January 25, 2024

In his autobiography, the legendary Groucho Marx wrote about an incident in which he resigned from a prestigious social club: “I don’t want to...

Public Safety

Second prisoner dies at Terre Haute federal prison

WFYI - January 17, 2024

By GEORGE HALE A prisoner has died at a high-security federal facility in Indiana, according to prison officials. It was the second time since December that...

Opinion

Slouching towards authoritarianism

LARRY SMITH - January 11, 2024

Suppose for a moment that the Constitution, at its inception, limited presidents to two terms in office. Suppose further that George Washington rejected this...

Opinion

Crimson stain

LARRY SMITH - January 4, 2024

In a stunning reversal, Dr. Claudine Gay abruptly abdicated the presidency at Harvard. Having done so, the first Black president of America’s most prestigious...

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