Year of the Crybaby fuels partisan posturing across America
A column titled Your Views 2015 decries a culture of grievance in politics and media. It mocks public complaints about victimhood, notes punditry about political correctness, and cites Trump, Limbaugh, O Res, and college protests, urging clearer discourse. It references CNN coverage and a New York Times piece by George Yancy. The author, Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons, includes contact details.
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Insiders Out of Fashion in Iowa Campaign Year 2015
David M. Shribman surveys a transforming Iowa caucus landscape as insiders lose power to outsider candidates amid anger over immigration economy and security. The piece highlights shifts in Republican and Democratic establishments, the rise of no compromise contenders, and the enduring impact of Iowa and New Hampshire on national politics.
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History the Associated Press Today Jan 4 highlights
On this date in history many events shaped nations and leaders. Utah joined the union as the 45th state in 1896. Elizabeth Ann Seton died in 1821. The 1904 Supreme Court decision in Gonzalez v Williams limited Puerto Rican citizenship. FDR urged social legislation in 1935. Stalin graced TIME’s cover in 1943. Camus died in 1960. LBJ outlined the Great Society in 1965. Nixon refused Senate subpoenas in 1974. A deadly Amtrak-Conrail crash occurred in 1987. Charles Stuart’s death followed his implication in 1990. The 104th Congress began in 1995. Sharon’s stroke in 2006 altered power, Pelosi became speaker in 2007, Obama reformed food safety in 2011. The Enterprise scandal and Honors dismissal followed later. In 2015 Pope Francis named 156 new cardinals. Thought for Today quotes TS Eliot born 1888 died 1965.
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