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Ben Fields: Dealing in shallow absolutes is a deep problem (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: Dealing in shallow absolutes is a deep problem (Opinion)

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  • Updated Mar 5, 2026

I've recently seen the argument, from more than one source, that, if you're against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you're in favor of un…

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  • Updated Jan 2, 2026

As I tend to point out every year around this time, I'm not one for making steadfast New Year's resolutions. But, now that the bar of expectat…

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Gazette-Mail editorial: IQs are falling as basic needs go unmet

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For most of the 20th century, the intelligence quotient of the average American was steadily increasing. Now, it's falling in almost every category. 

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  • Updated Oct 1, 2025

Didn't get raptured, huh? Yeah, me neither. I was kind of hoping the Kingdom of Heaven opening and Hoover-vacuuming-up the souls of the righte…

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Gazette-Mail editorial: Can caustic rhetoric be toned down?

  • Updated Oct 23, 2025

After the assassination of right-wing political provocateur Charlie Kirk, there's been a lot of justifiable condemnation of political violence…

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Gazette-Mail editorial: An America that is -- and isn't -- recognizable

  • Updated Oct 17, 2025

Right-wing media personality and provocateur Charlie Kirk was assassinated Wednesday on a college campus in Utah. As of right now, authorities…

Gazette-Mail editorial: Beware of who is influencing you
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Gazette-Mail editorial: Beware of who is influencing you

  • Updated Sep 3, 2025

A while back, Morning Consult released a poll showing 57% of Gen Z (Americans born between 1997 and 2012) aspired to be "influencers." That's …

Ben Fields: For whom the phone rings (Opinion)
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Ben Fields: For whom the phone rings (Opinion)

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  • Updated Jul 31, 2025

Kicking and screaming (sort of), among the last of the holdouts, we bought the boy a smartphone.  

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Gazette-Mail editorial: The Coldplay kiss cam and fear of going viral

  • Updated Aug 26, 2025

The Coldplay kiss cam incident, for many people, was a welcome distraction. A bit of comic relief with a tinge of karmic comeuppance that took…

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