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I鈥檓 making an admission: I keep a close watch on all things Trump, but I鈥檓 forever confused about which legal case is in the news on any given day.There are just so many of them.Last week, it was reported that 40 subpoenas were issued in the criminal investigation involving the Jan. 6 ...

Doug Mastriano: religion and politics

A man is entitled to worship as he pleases. What Doug Mastriano does to get right with the Lord is his business. Individual religious preferences are sacrosanct. It鈥檚 in the Constitution.But it鈥檚 fair to make a judgment when a man 鈥 in this case, Mastriano 鈥 drags those preferences into ...

Be careful what you ask for

When I moved from California to Wichita, Kan., in the late 1980s, I was frequently reminded that the move would give me 鈥渃ulture shock.鈥滻 tried to ignore folks when they insisted I'd have difficulty slowing down to the pace of native Wichitans.I felt I鈥檇 adapted fairly well. But the one ...

Maybe in 2023: ‘Back-to-the-future’

As regular season play nears its end, it鈥檚 time to look forward. As they used to say in Brooklyn, 鈥淲e can鈥檛 wait till next year.鈥 (Actually, they said, about their beloved Dodgers, 鈥淲ait till next year,鈥 in recognition of the fact that 鈥渄em Bums鈥 had once failed to achieve what ...

Coal labor conflict was once common

On this Labor Day 2022, let us remember ...By the time Ethelbert Stewart arrived on Capitol Hill to talk to lawmakers, he was a practiced hand in the struggles between management and labor.In 1922, Stewart was in his 33rd year as chief statistician for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.鈥淚 ...

Agree to nothing

Thanks to a brand-new law 鈥 the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 鈥 technology companies all over the United States may get a boost in the production of computer chips that鈥檒l advance this country's technology for decades.Who could ever be against that?Republicans!When Democrats were busily ...