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Youre About to Get A Lot More Jonathan Capehart In Your Life And honestly, we love to see it.  New year, new host.  As 2020 closed out MSNBC longtime contributor Jonathan Capehart became MSNBC permanent host Jonathan Capehart. After having served as a guest host for months on the AM Joy program — namesake Joy Reid had launched her own show on the primetime lineup — Capehart was getting his very own name gig in The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart. Now, the two-time Out100 honoree als...

WASHINGTON — My friend Mark Russell, the wonderful American humorist, had an ironclad prediction: The results of the 2020 Census will show that more than 215,000 Americans, in the coming year, will reach the age of 100, and Russell adds, “All of them will have valid Florida driver’s licenses.” The unreelected 45th president is (sadly) that rare human being with neither an embarrassment gene nor a sense of humor. A sense of humor usually indicates perspective in its possessor. Our two mo...

My friend Mark Russell, the wonderful American humorist, had an ironclad prediction: The results of the 2020 Census will show that more than 215,000 Americans, in the coming year, will reach the age of 100, and Russell adds, “All of them will have valid Florida driver’s licenses.” The unreelected 45th president is (sadly) that rare human being with neither an embarrassment gene nor a sense of humor. A sense of humor usually indicates perspective in its possessor. Our two most previous pre...

Supporting this lawsuit implied election fraud. Written By: Edward and Colleen Martin, Duluth | 8:00 am, Dec. 28, 2020 × Minnesota 8th Congressional District Rep. Pete Stauber joined ranks with 125 other Republicans in signing on to the Texas lawsuit contesting the 2020 election results in four battleground states (US Supreme Court swiftly ends Trump-backed Texas bid to upend election results,” Dec. 11). The presidential election was won by Joe Biden by a huge margin, both in elect...

To the Editor: Thank you, David Brooks, for your lovely tribute to Mark Shields on the occasion of his retirement as a regular analyst on “PBS NewsHour” (“It’s a Pleasure to Really Know Mark Shields,” column, Dec. 18). Your conversations on Friday nights have been among the highlights of my week. I’m sorry Mr. Shields is retiring, but I wish him many blessings. I am grateful to you both and to PBS for bringing us rational intelligent opinions free of toxic rhetoric. Nora Gallina To ...

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Point of View: Shields and Brooks were a model of civil discourse Palm Beach Post Every Friday night for 20 years, the PBS NewsHour has featured syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks joining anchor Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics. Last week was Shields’ last appearance on the show after being a contributor on the program since 1987. It is been an enduringly popular segment of the program that has offered thoughtful, civil and respectful po...

Moving Christmas spirit forward Bill Sims Contributing columnist As we close the book on 2020 and look forward to a redemptive 2021, it’s hard not to ruminate over the wreckage we leave behind. It’s not just the daily deaths from COVID-19 that exceed the death totals of 9/11 or of Pearl Harbor, but the small businesses that were crushed and will never reopen, the loss of jobs that will never be recovered, the swelling lines at food banks in America, the evictions, and the coarse political ...

David Brooks: Mark Shields and the best of American liberalism Mark was imprinted with the idea that politics is a deeply noble profession, a form of service, a vocation. (Valerie Plesch | The New York Times) Mark Shields as his home in Chevy Chase, Md., Dec. 17, 2020. "Mark, like many who came of age in the 1950s and 1960s — including Joe Biden — was imprinted with the idea that politics is a deeply noble profession, a form of service, a vocation," writes The New York Times columnist David...

Mark Shields, political analyst on PBS NewsHour, is stepping down after 33 years with the network Syndicated columnist and PBS NewsHour contributor Mark Shields. New York (CNN Business)Mark Shields, a regular analyst on the PBS "NewsHour" program for the past 33 years, is stepping down from his weekly television perch this Friday. His semi-retirement -- he will still appear on the program occasionally -- comes during a period of transition in Washington and on television. Shields, 83, expresse...