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    Publishers Perspective: Life Is Full Of Change

    Howard Sierer

    Publishing On My Own Now

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    So Long…It’s Been A Good Ride

    CNN's White House correspondent and boil on the President Trump's posterior Jim Acosta once again made a spectacle of himself at a press conference.

    CNN vs. President Trump: They’re both wrong

    Rich Manieri - November 15, 2018
    After a White House intern attempted to wrest the microphone away from CNN reporter Jim Acosta, it's time to end White House briefings.

    Acosta flap proves it’s time to end White House briefings

    Guest Contributor - November 14, 2018
    Among today's most regrettable trends is the dying art of effective humor and satire in politics.

    Effective wit a dying art in politics

    Tom Purcell - November 13, 2018
    Kevin Yoder fell in love with the H-1B employment-based visa, which is being used to give the jobs of American tech workers to foreigners.

    After midterms, tech workers still friendless in Congress

    Joe Guzzardi - November 13, 2018
    The immigration lawyer in me is glad to see Sessions go. But the part of me that respects courage, independence, and integrity is disgusted with the shameful treatment he received.

    Jeff Sessions deserved better

    Christine Flowers - November 13, 2018
    A patient-centered approach to Medicare drug reform will avoid price controls and more middlemen, which history has shown only hurt patients.

    A patient-centered approach to Medicare drug reform

    Guest Contributor - November 12, 2018
    I’d never been inside a Wal-Mart until 2012 when we retired in St. George. We found it such a spectacle. It became “Date Night Friday.”

    I earned my Ph.D. in psychic income management from Wal-Mart

    Sue Leth - November 12, 2018
    Eleven youngsters and a police officer died in the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks. Aren't our children as important as movie stars and politicians?

    American politics and tragedy

    Michael Reagan - November 11, 2018
    A lot of America seems to be about supporting Trump. If McConnell can't grasp that fact, he needs to get out of the way.

    Mitch McConnell: How to win without doing anything

    Michael Shannon - November 10, 2018
    What would it be like if all cartoonists started letting the calendar guide the destiny of their characters? What if comic strip characters aged normally?

    What if comic strip characters aged normally?

    Danny Tyree - November 9, 2018
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