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Trump primary vote not adding up

Despite losing the White House in 2020, Donald Trump is running for president again as an incumbent. Just ask him. Or better yet, ask the eight starry-eyed Republicans who lined up to debate him beginning last summer, only to have Trump refuse to engage them and their Potomac River ...

It’s a know-nothing do-nothing Congress

Has anybody seen Congress lately? I’m wondering if it’s growing cobwebs since there have been so few activities up there on Capitol Hill. That’s part of the reason the 118th Congress ranks just above scurvy in popularity. The American public (according to the last Gallup polling) ...

A long time coming: a coal surge

During his campaign for president in 2016, Donald Trump promised to revive U.S. coal mining. "You watch what happens," he said. "If I win, we're going to bring these miners back." Of course it didn't happen. When he left office in January 2021, U.S. coal mining employment was down 24%, while ...

Super Bowl LVIII isn’t over ’til I say it’s over

The National Football League’s 104th season proved professional football is more popular than ever. When I first became aware of pro football back around 1960, there were only 13 NFL teams. Those 13 teams only played 12 games each. There are now 32 NFL teams. And they each play 17 ...

Aging Joe may need a campaign jolt

Too bad for Joe Biden: well-meaning but old, doddering, and forgetful, unable to recall even the year his son Beau died. That's how the president was recently portrayed by special Department of Justice counsel Robert K. Hur. A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor assigned by Attorney General ...

Democracy and the problems of news

My ideal of a reporter was David Broder. Starting at the Washington Star, Broder eventually landed with the Washington Post (after the Star folded). A reporter of legendary renown, he showed up one evening in New Castle, where yours truly was a novice with the news. Broder brought with him a ...