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03.16.2009 11:32 am

Trusting a watchdog

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Walter Williams

“I believe in the profession of journalism … I believe that the public journal is a public trust; that all connected with it are, to the full measure of their responsibility, trustees for the public; that acceptance of a…

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02.22.2009 9:03 pm

Crime, cronies and public trust in St. Louis

At the White House last week, President Barack Obama had a word of warning for the nation’s mayors, agog with the thought of all that economic stimulus money:

“We have asked for the unprecedented trust of the American people,” Mr. Obama said,…

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01.18.2009 9:01 pm

Mr. Geithner’s taxes: a question of trust

“Attorney general nominee Eric Holder said as far as he is concerned, waterboarding is torture. And Treasury secretary nominee Tim Geithner said, “So is paying taxes.”

Timothy F. Geithner (AP Wirephoto)

Timothy F. Geithner (AP Wirephoto)

So joked Jay Leno on “The Tonight Show” last Thursday. Late night…

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