Americans are voting today on the value of watchdog journalism. Sure, a mid-term election in the U.S. is historically a referendum on the man occupying the Oval Office. Today is bigger than that. If you believe the news media have a fundamental responsibility to act as a check on the power of the government at a time when Donald Trump’s party controls Congress and the Supreme Court, you have a golden opportunity to send that message to the White House …
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Garry: In the 1970s, the comedian George Carlin made a name for himself with a hilarious routine about seven dirty words you can’t say on TV. Shit was No. 1. …
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Holly: Most winter weeknights, while Americans are cleaning up after dinner, herding the kids toward their beds, plotting to catch an episode of “This Is Us,” Garry and I sit …