[Wallace T.]

The Wikipedia article indicated that the paper was once conservative, but under the most recent ownership, “skewed to the middle,” i.e., turned into another liberal rag. This is the same history of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and a host of other newspapers, including the Hearst chain. Good riddance, and looking forward to the day those two newspapers, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Dallas Morning News, etc., go into oblivion, or at least becoming just additional web sites competing with thousands of others.

Some complain about web sites like InfoWars, Natural News, and Lew Rockwell, and they are sometimes absurd. But no more absurd than the MSM, which says men (Bruce Jenner) can be women, whites (Rachel Dolzeal) can be black, male sexual deviants may be trusted with young boys (Boy Scouts), and that anti-Christian, anti-American racists (Dylann Roof) are conservatives.

Perhaps conservatives should define themselves as reality based thinkers, and call liberals, socialists, and anarchists fantasy based dreamers.

[oblomov]

I remember when the Chicago Tribune and Indianapolis Star were staunchly conservative papers. As late as 2002, the NY Times editorial board opposed the minimum wage, utilizing the argument of Milton Friedman for this stance.