Good morning, City Desk readers, and welcome to an especially morose edition of Freedom Friday. The Bulletin in Philadelphia, the first real paper I wrote for, has closed. It was an odd place, what with the publisher's preference for syndicating only the brightest intellectual stars of conservatism: "Chuck Norris, Oliver North and Patrick J. Buchanan." [...]

Good morning, City Desk readers, and congratulations on making it to another Freedom Friday. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day–do y'all have something sweet planned for your significant others/selves? There's a lot of freedom out there today, so let's get started!