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 ...
Until recently, the last time a member of the vaunted Kennedy family was in presidential campaign mode was on the evening of Aug. 12, 1980, in New York City. The occasion was that year鈥檚 Democratic convention.It was Jimmy Carter鈥檚 convention (sort of) but Ted Kennedy鈥檚 night. The senator ...
As I write this, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is unemployed.Don鈥檛 cry for Tucker. He鈥檚 well-off.He鈥檚 made between (estimated) $15 million and $20 million per year as the highest-rated host on the highest-rated news network in the business.Yet, Fox News abruptly fired him, leaving the ...
Municipal government is frequently a tale of failed attempts, of civic woe compounded by familiarity: The garbage doesn鈥檛 get picked up, the pothole doesn鈥檛 get filled in, the yard across the street remains an eyesore.For years, Uniontown鈥檚 Bailey Park was pretty much neglected. Once in a ...
There鈥檚 an angry mouse down south.He鈥檚 nobody to mess with.Mickey Mouse is in the line of fire of that would-be-if-he-could-be presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he takes aim at Disney World.The 鈥淗appiest Place on Earth鈥� has been under fire ever since Disney鈥檚 CEO, ...
If this is Sunday, April 23, 2023, then it must be National Table Top Tennis Day ... and National Lost Dog Awareness Day ... and National Picnic Day ... and National Lovers鈥� Day ... and National German Beer Day ... and National Cherry Cheesecake Day ... and World Book Night ... and St. ...
