Age of Technology and Memory Lane Echoes
A reminiscence on growing up with encyclopedias and later screens. The writer notes how door to door sales and home sets shaped knowledge access, and how modern monitors move from casual observation to constant surveillance, while reducing personal contact in daily life.
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Screen time rails against face to face in coffee shop column
Community column discusses its sighting of people at a bakery cafe absorbed in screens, including a pastor and a realtor, and warns about the social toll of constant connectivity. The piece invokes Pokémon Go and compares progress to Michael Jackson's moon walk. It ends with submission guidelines for letters and guest columns.
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Obama criticizes Trump and presses press freedom warning
The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial notes Obama’s critique of Trump and the media, contrasting his eight years with Trump’s rhetoric. It cites past assertions that Obama limited press freedom, while warning Trump’s threats to journalists are dangerous and unprecedented.
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Initiative OK'd for Michigan ballot urges expanded voting options
The Sentinel reports on a proposed constitutional amendment to broaden voter registration and voting methods if approved. Critics, led by GOP secretary of state candidate Mary Treder Lang, warn that same day registration could burden clerks and invite unreliable “smell tests” during the process.
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