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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Steven A Smith

Steven A. Smith is clinical associate professor emeritus in the School of Journalism and Mass Media at the University of Idaho having retired from full-time teaching at the end of May 2020. He writes a weekly opinion column. Smith is former editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington. As editor, Smith supervised all news and editorial operations on all platforms until his resignation in October 2008. Prior to joining The Spokesman-Review, Smith was editor for two years at the Statesman Journal in Salem, Oregon, and was for five years editor and vice president of The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is a graduate of the Northwestern University Newspaper Management Center Advanced Executive Program and a mid-career development program at Duke University. He holds an M.A. in communication from The Ohio State University where he was a Kiplinger Fellow, and a B.S. in journalism from the University of Oregon.

We Went to The Moon

Why were memories of the Apollo missions the first that came to mind as I began to appreciate Joe Biden’s historic election victory?

Election Day Blues

When did we start to seriously concern ourselves with the 2020 presidential election? For me, it was the morning after the 2016 election.

“Someday They Will Leave You No Choice”

So much of the political rhetoric this cycle is about restoring Christian values in the United States. But which Christian values?

The shameful editorial

But do not count me among those cancelling their subscriptions. I will continue to support the newspapers editors and reporters who work tirelessly to provide the best possible local and regional news coverage.

2020 is a Bad Year, and The Blame is on Us

For the woes we are currently experiencing, the blame is on us.

Public Service and Privilege

True commitment to public service is increasingly rare. I do not think I have met a candidate for office in the last 40 years who sincerely placed public service ahead of political or economic self-interest.

The president’s health and basic civility

For all his evils – and do not misunderstand me here, I believe he is the embodiment of political evil and an existential threat to our democracy – he is still a person and he is still the president.

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