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Jeff Minick

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  • The Unsolved Mystery of the Missing (Real) Journalists

    The Unsolved Mystery of the Missing (Real) Journalists9

    Suppose you were a reporter without an agenda, no ax to grind, no political affiliation. You never stepped foot inside a school of journalism. Even better, following in the tradition of old-time journalists like H. L. Mencken, Ernest Hemingway, or Rose Wilder Lane, you never attended college. You read history, economics, and political science, you

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  • Looking for God in All the Wrong Places

    Looking for God in All the Wrong Places4

    Over 40 years ago, “Lookin’ for Love” became a hit country song after appearing in the film Urban Cowboy. The song’s signature line is “I was lookin’ for love in all the wrong places.” Several times in the last few weeks, that honky-tonk tune has inexplicably come to mind, and I found myself substituting the

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  • The Bitter Mirth of Today’s Headlines

    The Bitter Mirth of Today’s Headlines3

    Most mornings I get up around dawn, pour some coffee, and look at the headlines. Those news reports nearly always range from the dire to the ridiculous. Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I want to cry, and lots of times I fall into a funk. In this review of some headlines from the last two weeks,

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  • Ignore the Headlines: Community Is Still Alive in America

    Ignore the Headlines: Community Is Still Alive in America1

    Laid up by some broken ribs, I recently spent some of my evenings watching a Hallmark series, “Cedar Cove.” (Yes, you read that correctly: Hallmark. Everybody chuckle, and then we’ll move along.) I don’t own a television or subscribe to any online movie outfits, but a DVD featuring Andie MacDowell, an actress I admire, caught

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