When I was a Washington correspondent for the Strib, we routinely set rules for access to the congressional galleries through standing committees of correspondents. Important distinctions: the committees had real authority over the access even while they were subject to House and Senate rules, and their members were elected by correspondents, not hand picked by partisans. The committees set rules barring "journalists" who were engaged in lobbying, doing paid promotional work for political...

Rob,
I haven't seen data sets linking educational attainment with discouraged workers and underemployed workers. Are you suggesting that those groups would close the education-unemployment gap? If you or any other readers know of such data, let's get it into this comment thread.
Meanwhile, thanks for your interest in the article.

Dennis, several sources have told me in interviews that satellite service as it exists right now doesn't quite do the job for functions like interacting with the DNR for fishing licenses, etc. and doesn't come close to options like fiber in terms of speed and reliability.
Comment from readers with first-hand experience would be helpful here.

Paul,
I'm not aware of anyone challenging the point that more of one group were killed than the other. The point the opposition is making, as I understand it, is that at least some possibly criminal acts were committed by the group now in power and they should be investigated.

Christopher,
I agree that the events in DRC are another part of the issues raised in the article. As I said near the top of the story, there is too much relevant context here to cover it all in a...