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So, where are the promised coal jobs?

Donald Trump came into office vowing to give new life to U.S. mining. At rallies in Pittsburgh and elsewhere he pledged to boost coal mine employment. He again touched on the subject during a rally last Wednesday evening in Duluth, Minnesota.The results so far have been less than stellar. As of ...

Lots of backslapping, handshaking – but not deal making

Donald Trump has a new best friend.He flew all the way to Singapore to strike up a bromance with Kim Jong-un 鈥 the North Korean tyrant with nuclear weapons at the ready.The entire world watched as Trump and his little buddy shook hands, patted each other on the back, shook hands and patted ...

Finding ‘it’ in our heroes

Red Schoendienst died recently. He was a major league ballplayer, beginning in the 1940s. He later managed.As a youngster of 9, 10 and 11, he was my hero. He played for the Braves when they played in Milwaukee. I was a Pirates fan. Nevertheless ...I bet most of you never heard of Red ...

Trump’s decency takes a knee

I鈥檝e never been invited to the White House.I doubt if I ever will be.If asked, though, I鈥檒l decline the invitation, anyway.So there!I鈥檓 not unlike a growing number of athletes who鈥檝e announced they don鈥檛 want to go there while Donald Trump is the president.Ever since Calvin Coolidge ...

LBJ and the NRA

On the day Robert Kennedy died in a Los Angeles hospital from a pistol wound to the head, President Lyndon Johnson urged Congress to approve legislation 鈥渢o bring the insane traffic in guns to a halt.鈥漈hat alone would not be enough to stop gun violence, LBJ said. However, it would 鈥渟low ...

ABC and Starbucks do the right thing

Race. It鈥檚 America鈥檚 Great Unhealed Wound. It鈥檚 a subject that requires that you tread lightly, lest you court hostile rebukes.I鈥檓 not treading lightly here. I don鈥檛 care. These things need to be said. Roseanne Barr is a classic racist.Last Tuesday morning, she blindly waded into a ...