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Housing Prices Drop, Affordability Improves—So Naturally the Media Panics
In the “report good news as bad news” file, the Wall Street Journal oozed out a schizophrenic entry headlined, “The Condo Market Hasn’t Been This Bad in Over a Decade.” About 1,000 previous stories assured us that President Trump faced an intractable housing affordability crisis. But the Journal’s story’s sub-headline complained, “Condo prices this fall posted their biggest…
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Former councilman remembered as a standout
Former City Council president David Harrell, a key member of the council during the early days of consolidation, died recently. Harrell served on the council from 1970-1983 and was noted for his expertise in finance, insurance and health care. Elected to the council in 1970 to represent District 11 on the Westside he later was…
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Boom – the video heard around the world and the death of the mainstream media
Nick Shirley posted this now-viral video on Dec. 26 and it has taken the internet by storm with more than 135 million views on X alone! This video is powerful because it doesn’t tell you a story; instead, it shows you the story and lets you draw your own conclusions. I encourage everyone to watch…
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One man shames an industry
In the past few weeks, the precipitous decline of the newspaper industry was highlighted by the actions of an independent citizen-reporter. The biggest story in America was being covered not by the New York Times or the Washington Post but by a YouTube guy. Nick Shirley uncovered the day care fraud in Minnesota that has…