#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

#To save local journalism, update the Public Broadcasting Act

During his time as the U.S. ambassador to France, Thomas Jefferson wrote that if he faced a choice between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Jefferson would be disappointed with today’s trends. Increasingly, we are seeing government without newspapers, especially at the…

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#Letters to the Editor — Nov. 29, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Nov. 29, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Nov. 29, 2021” The Issue: The City Council’s drive to let green-card and work-visa holders vote in NYC elections. It’s bad enough that President Joe Biden wants to compensate illegal immigrants who were separated at the border, but now the City Council wants to allow non-citizens to vote (“Green card…

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#Bill de Blasio buckles to the fringe

#Bill de Blasio buckles to the fringe

“#Bill de Blasio buckles to the fringe” In the midst of the 2020 ­George Floyd protests, New York’s City Council demanded in a pique of illiberalism that Mayor de Blasio remove a statue of Thomas Jefferson from City Hall. Never one to shy away from a horrible idea, Hizzoner is now honoring this deeply anti-American…

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