It鈥檚 time to drain the swamp 鈥� of those time-worn political ideas and ideologies that get in the way of politicians actually using their noggins.The human brain demands use. Otherwise, it is a mere repository of cliches and trite phrases. Like Pavlov鈥檚 dog, its responses become habitually ...
I make it a point to watch those White House daily briefings. Why? So you don鈥檛 have to.They offer me a keen insight into the mind of President Trump. It鈥檚 like taking a walk down memory lane and into 鈥渁 wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.鈥漇arah Huckabee Sanders, the ...
History can occur anywhere: in our backyards or on the other side of the globe.My epiphany on this subject is the Thomas Jefferson-Albert Gallatin statue at the corner of Beeson Boulevard and Main Street in Uniontown, in which the two old friends and political allies are shown plotting the ...
President Trump鈥檚 army of supporters, defenders, surrogates and dissemblers who鈥檙e just apologists are quick to point out one thing; 鈥淗e鈥檚 not a politician.鈥滺e鈥檚 not a very good one. But he most certainly is a politician.Ever since he and Melania took that fateful ride down that ...
As I finished my fettuccine Alfredo at a restaurant last week, a waitress no more than 25 years old paused at my table long enough to say, 鈥淚 see you鈥檝e eaten everything. Good for you.鈥漎ours truly is 69 years old. I evidently look like an old coot, or at least old enough to be talked to ...
In mid-June of 1970, I happened to be walking along East Main Street in Uniontown, when I encountered a man walking in my direction.As he approached, he said, 鈥淗ey, Boy.鈥滻鈥檓 black.He was white.I was 21.He was middle-aged.I glared.He looked perplexed.I turned and walked away.After all, ...