Local Newspapers, Then and Now

I’ve read several articles and editorials in recent months about the demise of local newspapers. An editorial in The New York Times last November reported that 204 counties in the United States had no local newspaper, and 1,562 counties had only one. The Medill Local News Initiative found that in […]

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I Can Finally Cook a Pot Roast

When I was growing up, my mother regularly made pot roast because my father (a native Midwesterner) liked it. I liked the pot roast and the potatoes that were cooked with it, but I detested the carrots. I’ve written before about sitting at the dinner table for an hour after […]

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