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Deregulation always benefits – somebody

March 4, 2021 By John Young

Who can tell me what the Telecommunications Act of 1996 did to radio? Spawned in a laboratory of a Republican Congress but given the electric jolt of life by Bill Clinton’s pen, the law lifted limits on ownership of radio stations.

Governing? Or deflecting it down the fairway?

February 23, 2021 By John Young

Here we obsessively focus on the CPI, the GNP, the GDP, when we should be tracking LE – life expectancy.

Wanted: jurors who aren’t accomplices

February 14, 2021 By John Young

I look forward to the day when Donald Trump appears before a real, lawful, sworn-in tribunal, and not a jury of his accomplices.

A concerto of conceit — and deceit

February 10, 2021 By John Young

Google “Trump lied, people died” and you’ll get 112,000,000 hits. That’s called having the wrong kind of previous occupation on your resume.

Young column: One-way ticket for a super weasel

February 1, 2021 By John Young

Unless you are using the QAnon Service App in the pandemic, this should be a no-brainer.

Conned by You-Know-Q

January 25, 2021 By John Young

“The fact is we won the election. We won it big.” Believe that? Then believe this: On Inauguration Day, with members of Congress, former presidents and spouses assembled and Joe Biden about to be sworn in, Donald Trump arose from the sandstone, had all executed, and took survivors for sno-cones. Or: Refusing to concede — […]

Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, & the Sedition Caucus: Bomb-throwers from the start.

January 10, 2021 By John Young

While authorities investigate the presence of suspected incendiary devices at our riot-ravaged Capitol, we can confirm two. Ted Cruz. Josh Hawley. Add the sulfuric smolder of Louie Gohmert, John Carter, Pete Sessions and more. Not big-time explosive elements like U.S. senators, in July 4 nomenclature they are known as “sparklers” and “snakes,” each saluting a […]