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Author: Ken Paulson
Shop local: Protecting the free flow of public information
George Santos fraud scandal shows winning at all costs is costing America
New entry: Divisive Concepts
Newspapers: Forget the ‘paper,’ embrace the ‘news’
Trump’s words: When free speech becomes a crime
A 'trillion' reasons not to prosecute this 10-year-old
Ariz. limit on shooting videos of police unneeded, inflammatory
The Spirit of ’76: Protecting us against the Putin playbook
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