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Trump鈥檚 finger-pointing problem

Hardly anything about Donald Trump surprises me anymore.Hardly anything.For his upcoming federal trial, I鈥檓 surprised he鈥檒l be tried as an adult.The one-term, twice impeached, twice arrested, twice-indicted ex-president isn鈥檛 taking his lumps like a fully grown man.Hours after special ...

Battling those supposed transgender demons

Folks on the right are spending lots of their time (and our patience) battling the unseen demons of transgender men and women.Republicans are rallying around a call to 鈥減rotect our kids鈥 from learning there are people out there who aren鈥檛 exactly like them.That鈥檚 a call that鈥檚 ...

DeSantis, Trump: Gentlemen, start your engines!

Donald Trump is running for president for the third time.Most Americans are exhausted by that prospect.Oh, there are millions of hard-bitten Trumpophiles, who鈥檙e all in on Mr. Trump鈥檚 next bite at the presidential apple.I get that.But there are far more Republicans, Democrats, and ...

When bots have minds of their own

I鈥檓 no expert but it seems to me there might be something to this notion that artificial intelligence 鈥 otherwise known as AI 鈥 is a whole lot of trouble waiting to happen.Even the people working to bring to market the bots of the future are sounding the alarm. Only recently, the ...

Democracy rule one: trust and abide

In the lead-up to the local elections of 1935, a group of Fayette County Democrats held a political rally alongside a highway near Brownsville.The tone of the rally was set by Charles Lewellyn, a candidate for judge, who told the gathering that he had been in German Township recently when an ...

Bob Huggins’ golden opportunity

Last season, before tip-offs at West Virginia University home basketball games, the public address announcer would call the crowd鈥檚 attention to the school鈥檚 promise to treat every person with respect.The pronouncement usually came amidst a welter of noise and other distractions, but ...