What a difference 100 years makes.While the Pittsburgh Pirates may have challenged for baseball supremacy this season, in October of 1913, they were only battling local teams that were holding their own against them.The 1913 Pittsburgh Pirates had three future Hall of Famers (Honus Wagner, Max ...
This is about three men of accomplishment.Marco Rubio has quite a compelling personal story.The junior U.S. Senator from Florida is a son of Cuban immigrants, who has risen to become one of the most powerful men in Washington.Barack Obama, the son of a single mother, who was raised by his ...
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I mentioned last week that back in September of 1893, the New York Giants (these days the San Francisco Giants) baseball team visited Fayette County and played two games against a local baseball team.The locals held their own in front of "2,000 spectators who yelled themselves hoarse," and won ...
Ted Cruz likes to talk. In fact, nobody likes to hear Ted Cruz talk more than Ted Cruz. The loquacious Republican Senator from Texas, though, appears to have talked himself completely out of favor -- especially among members of his own party.In case you've just returned from vacation in ...
There are far more important stories than the one I鈥檓 about to discuss.Oh, I know there鈥檚 bound to be a chest-thumping political debate that follows that senseless attack in Washington last week. It seems that hardly any news worthy of extended cable news coverage, these days, can exist ...