"I am not a communist," pleaded an obscure coal miner by the name of John Cassol, who went on to ask a high-up union official to please try to save his livelihood. "I was always a good union man.... My job means a lot to me. I have a large family." Another miner, caught in the same dragnet, ...
Last year at this time, Republicans were scratching their heads after their expected 鈥淩ed Wave鈥� fizzled.That must鈥檝e hurt.They had expected to be able to take full control of Congress the following January. But instead, they鈥檝e been in complete disarray ever since.Not my monkey. Not my ...
Politics are complicated, which helps explain my split-ticket vote last Tuesday for Scott Dunn, a Republican incumbent Fayette County commissioner. Tuesday鈥檚 vote certified that Dunn will return to his office at the courthouse, joining two other holdovers, fellow Republican Dave Lohr and ...
鈥淭he falling leaves drift by the window. The autumn leaves of red and gold鈥濃��<em>"The Autumn Leaves" 鈥� 1945 鈥� Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer</em>As I write this, I鈥檓 sitting near a large sliding glass door, leading to our backyard.Out there, I don鈥檛 see any ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke often about the importance of history in the context of securing American鈥檚 democratic future.Just months before the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, at the dedication of the presidential library that bears his name at his home in Hyde Park, N.Y., FDR said, 鈥淎 ...
Attention Democrats!: If you鈥檙e planning to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024, I have just the campaign strategy for you.Just end every one of your paid political announcements with the words 鈥淎T LEAST I鈥橫 NOT A REPUBLICAN!鈥漎ou might be a bank robber who steals ...
