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Oprah and Gayle: a top secret plan to save CBS Mornings
By Staff Reporter NEW YORK, NY – January 17, 2026 – In the cutthroat world of morning television, where ratings battles rage like caffeinated duels and advertisers flock to the highest Nielsen perch,…
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ORELL: Richard Franke left a legacy on the liberal arts education
By Brent Orell This weekend, the Wall Street Journal marked the passing of Richard J. Franke, former CEO of Nuveen, an asset management firm owned by TIAA. Aside from making his mark…
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TEWS: 5G, Planes, and Progress
By Shane Tews Last week, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies. He said that the aviation industry…
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Delaware North suspected in the 1976 assassination of journalist Don Bolles
Before it was known as Delaware North, the global Buffalo-based concessioner called itself Emprise. A reporter at the time who relentlessly investigated the company and its business practices, Don Bolles, was murdered in a…
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Oprah is interested in taking over production of CBS Mornings, daytime programing
Oprah Winfrey‘s production company, Harpo Productions, Inc., is interested in taking over the production of six hours of morning programing on CBS from 7:00 am to 1:00pm, Monday through Sunday — including…
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ABRAMS: New England liberal arts colleges are dangerous to American civility
BY SAMUEL J. ABRAMS With their leafy campuses, visually diverse student bodies, well-stocked libraries, and attentive professors, small liberal arts colleges across New England, the Mid Atlantic, and Midwest are often considered…
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PETHOKOUKIS: So Big Tech massively investing in itself is worrisome now?
By James Pethokoukis Imagine a world much like this one where the most valuable companies were in the technology sector. And like this one, these companies were pretty dominant in their respective…
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POMERLEAU: A progressive corporate income tax doesn’t make a lot of sense
By Kyle Pomerleau The House version of the budget reconciliation bill includes a provision to raise the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 26.5 percent and reintroduce a progressive rate schedule. Under…
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ORELL: Strong relationships at home improve employment outcomes for adults and children
BY BRENT ORRELL The term “work-life balance” is often credited to Lillian Gilbreth, a psychologist, industrial engineer, educator, and author of a dissertation on living and working efficiently. Lillian, along with her husband, fellow…
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JAMISON: Sens. Klobuchar and Grassley show why Congress should not pass Big Tech legislation
By Mark Jamison America’s founders held a belief that is rare in political leaders these days — namely that they should not be trusted with power. That is a mark of greatness,…
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SCHMITT: Biden’s imperial presidency moment
BY GARY SCHMITT The contrast between Biden’s election margin in 2020 and the GOP’s vote share in down-ticket races suggested that quite a few normally Republican voters could not bring themselves to…
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AKERS: Compromise is in the air for higher education policy
BY BETH AKERS Just last week, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi drew an important line in the sand on the debate over a student loan jubilee. Parting from the Warren-Sanders wing of…
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PETHOKOUKIS: Climate report highlights need for innovation in climate crisis
By James Pethokoukis Norman Borlaug and William Vogt are the two leads in Charles C. Mann’s 2018 book, The Wizard and the Prophet: Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future…
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WARREN: Opportunity in the American Rescue Plan
BY PETER WARREN Some New York local governments are soliciting input from residents as they decide how to spend billions in pandemic emergency dollars earmarked in March under the $2.1 trillion federal American…
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SWANSON: Can telemedicine finally boost health care productivity?
By Bret Swanson Necessity is in fact often the mother of invention. A year ago, the arrival of COVID-19 forced a stubborn health care industry to finally begin widespread adoption of internet-based…
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BOWMAN: A third party threat?
BY KARLYN BOWMAN More than 100 Republicans have signed a letter announcing their intention to consider forming a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain changes. What do the polls show…
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PETHOKOUKIS: What America can learn from China’s tech sector crackdown
BY JAMES PETHOKOUKIS Amazon founder Jeff Bezos turned 38 in January 2002, and many of what turned out to be the company’s biggest accomplishments — Amazon Web Services, Amazon Prime, Kindle —…
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POMERLEAU: Lawmakers should not give up on ‘user fees’
BY KYLE POMERLEAU Lawmakers are currently negotiating the details of an infrastructure package. Lawmakers want to avoid adding significantly to the debt but are split on the best method to raise revenue…
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GREENWALT: China already outspends US military?
BY WILLIAM C. GREENWALT Adam Smith, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee is under pressure from within his party to hold down defense spending, so he has advocated focusing less on the defense…
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McCUSKER: Biden budget stalls national security
BY ELAINE McCUSKER Last week, the Biden administration released a massive American Jobs Plan. In contrast, today the administration announced a proposed cut to the Defense Department budget. As recommended by the bipartisan…
