Lorain County sales tax increase sparks debate over democracy
The editorial defends the 0.25 percent sales tax rise in Lorain County amid voter rejection and calls for accountability. It argues the tax funds essential public safety services and opioid programs, notes 65 counties have higher rates, and asserts the measure will not hurt business while improving county operations.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Ted Kale
Lori Kokoski
Kalo
Kokoski
Butler
Stark
Wayne
Medina
Erie
Ashland
Huron
Cuyahoga
Editorial critique of Betleski delay in providing records
A reader letter rebukes a prior editorial arguing Judge Mark Betleski delayed turned over information. The writer notes judges arbitrate not investigate and questions the prosecutor and police for non-action. The letter references a Flores civil suit and clerk’s transcripts as accessible.
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Mark Betleski
Common Pleas
Lorain
Dennis Flores
Chronicle
Beyond satire Academia faces Sokal hoax revisited
The Chronicle of Higher Education revisits the 1996 Sokal hoax in which a physicist wrote a absurd混 essay full of jargon to expose poststructuralist and relativist shifts in humanities. The piece notes how the parody exposed epistemological disagreements and questions whether some academics have become unreachable to outsiders.
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Washington
Chronicle of Higher Education
Academia
Alan Sokal
New York University
Social Text
Sokal
Lingua Franca
Nietzsche
The
Chronicle
Robbins
Social
Steven Weinberg
University of Texas
the Chronicle
George W. Bush
Randall Jarrell
Republicans Defund Planned Parenthood Draws Ire Across Nation
The Seattle Times argues that cutting federal funding for Planned Parenthood harms health care and birth control for millions. It notes the organization operates 650 centers providing contraceptives HIV testing mammograms and general care with only a small share for abortions. It criticizes Republicans in Congress for targeting funding and urges lawmakers to seek other budget reductions.
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Congress
Planned Parenthood
America
United States
Sexu
Ally
Center For Medical Progress
The
Seattle Times
Almanac item highlights birthdays and notable facts
January 13 almanac notes birthdays of Horatio Alger Sophie Tucker Robert Stack Gwen Verdon and others. It lists a quote by Nate Silver and facts about Nazi leaders at Nuremberg Emile Zola buried in Paris Pantheon alongside Voltaire Hugo Dumas Curie and Braille. It also recalls Michael Jordan's 1999 retirement and 2001 return.
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Horatio Alger
Sophie Tucker
Robert Stack
Gwen Verdon
Charles Nelson Reilly
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Trace Adkins
Patrick Dempsey
Orlando Bloom
Nate Silver
Liam Hemsworth
Emile Zola
Pantheon Necropolis
Paris
Voltaire
Victor Hugo
Alexandre Dumas
Marie Curie
Louis Braille
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Andrew R. Young
Julie Wallace
Betleski
George Will
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Almanac
Nuremberg
Chicago Bulls
Michael Jordan
NBA
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