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Promoted from Comments: “For a long time, parents have treated ‘public schools’ like some kind of birthright, to be funded at everyone else’s expense.”

We’ve been talking (in comments) about Ian’s great comments (Ian Underwood). They are almost always thought-provoking, which is the point of comments. Yeah, we like the sark, snide, and sarcasm, too, but the intellectual journey demands people be willing to get pushed out of their comfort zones.

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Liberal Foundations Offer 500 Million In Grants to “Revitalize Local News” (You Mean Progressive Echo Chambers, Yes?)

The Internet has eroded  institutional control over what ordinary people see as “news.” Corporate media are still thieves, but not as they used to be, while locals have been obliterated in print and online. Many struggle to keep the dream alive, but with significantly reduced staff and declining coverage, and now wealthy progressive foundations have come to the rescue.

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The Next Hottest Summer Ever Update

If the corporate media says it, the odds are good that it is misleading, an incomplete ‘truth,’ or a lie. But because they are so politically driven in their choices and coverage, you can almost glean the truth based on how hyperbolic their response is or how narrow their focus is.

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