Updated: OPINION: The underlying costs in our retail age

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 27. 2015
Updated: 4 days ago
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Anyone who feels economics is just boring professor-speak isn’t paying attention. The science of supply and demand is relevant to every deal we ever make. And we all know we need to develop a certain degree of savvy on pricing or risk being played for fools. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Honest and dishonest errors in journalism

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 20. 2015
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I have empathy for other journalists when they make an honest error. Reporting certainly isn’t the hardest job in the world. I could rattle off a long list of occupations that easily have it beat on the difficulty scale, but it isn’t the easiest work you’ll find either. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Visiting Auschwitz

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 13. 2015
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Seeing the recent coverage of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz made me think of my own trip to that Nazi concentration camp nearly two decades ago and the impressions I took away. [Full Story »] 

State shouldn’t cut insurance for school bus drivers, cafeteria workers

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, February 6. 2015
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When I think of the worst stories I might ever have to cover, school bus accidents are near the top of the list. I’m terrified at the thought of driving one myself. I simply don’t want that responsibility. I’m nervous enough with my own children in the car. I don’t want 60 young lives in my hands. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Freedom of speech cannot be murdered

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, January 16. 2015
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Those who carried out last week’s attacks in France aimed not just to kill but to send a message — keep your mouth shut about Islam or we’ll take your life. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The Great War — 100 years in the rearview mirror

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, January 9. 2015
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As I get older, I’m becoming more interested history and the vast universe of lives that came before us. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Man, it’s hard to shake the energy blues

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, January 2. 2015
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Small children seem to have battery packs attached to their backs, some high-voltage charge that sends more energy than necessary. Cushions are tossed from sofas. Feet find armrests as kids imitate monkeys. And ill-advised leaps are made, repeatedly, for laughs. Laps are made around yards and kids come back in with that sweaty-dog smell. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Star gazing from the car’s back window

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, December 19. 2014
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I remember the days when the prime spot in the car was that nook right under the backseat window. You could lie there and watch the stars at night. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: RFK and his brother’s murder

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, November 28. 2014
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Next to 9/11, the Kennedy assassination was probably the most shocking event in the nation since Pearl Harbor. The murder happened 51 years ago Nov. 22. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Why ‘Net Neutrality’ is important

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, November 22. 2014
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The president just weighed in this week on the net neutrality debate, saying he believed that the web should remain “neutral,” with all traffic online getting equal priority from Internet Service Providers (ISPs). [Full Story »] 
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