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Brenda J. Linert

Musk’s media bans a concern, but no surprise

Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter is just the latest in the coverage of the billionaire’s takeover of the social media platform. Late a week, Musk apparently tossed from his platform reporters with The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Voice of ...

‘Real stores’ bring many holiday pleasures

My husband and I spent a recent evening strolling the corridors of Eastwood Mall. If I’m being honest, I don’t get to the mall often, mostly because I’m always tight on time. I’m sure that’s what leads many shoppers to open up their laptops, especially this time of year. But, ...

There’s plenty of blame to go around in abortion case

There’s plenty of blame to go around involving the horrific story heavily reported this summer about a pregnant 10-year-old child from Columbus who traveled to Indiana to terminate the pregnancy. Blame, of course, goes to the man who raped and impregnated the girl. The man charged with the ...

Counting votes slowly doesn’t mean fraud

The Associated Press provides a regular column that its editors call “NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week.” (It’s their way, I suspect, of discrediting “Fake news!” without using that buzzword made famous by our last president.) The AP column is intended to ...

Cut holiday stress with a few shortcuts

Holiday travel is so much work. I’m not traveling for Thanksgiving this year, but I know some people who are. In fact, one of our news reporters already jetted off to New England late last week with friends. She’s young. Somehow, she might even enjoy the crowds in airports and ...

Fighting to keep the liberty they’ve known

Halfway around the world on Veterans Day — the day when we honor service men and women who would have given everything to defend this nation’s freedoms — another country’s military remains engaged in a colossal David vs. Goliath war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced ...