To Comfort The Afflicted
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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Monday, May 12, 2025

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The Blame Game

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Within an hour of the tragic shooting in Arizona, it had begun. The Blame Game. The effort to score political points. The attacks on the ugliness of the political debate mimic the very ugliness they condemn. The sheriff blamed Rush Limbaugh. Liberal bloggers went after conservative talkers. Conservative talkers lashed right back at the sheriff and the liberal bloggers. Drudge kept running the headline that the shooter was remembered by high-school acquaintances as a […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.