If I seem like a broken record 鈥� then so be it.Somebody has got to figure out a way to get these military-style rifles off the streets of America.It鈥檚 only been a little over a month (right after the mass murders in Uvalde, Texas) since I wrote about the glut of these weapons that have ...
July marks another anniversary for the coal strikes that roiled Western Pennsylvania and, most especially, Fayette County in the early months of Franklin Roosevelt鈥檚 fabled New Deal.The 1933 strikes by miners working for outfits like the rabidly anti-union H.C. Frick Coal and Coke Company ...
To become a naturalized American, an applicant must meet certain criteria. He or she must be at least 18 and to have lived in the country a minimum of five years as a permanent resident (three if married to an American).There鈥檚 an application to be filled out and a fee to be paid. There鈥檚 ...
I used to like fads.Not anymore.Fads can be fun for young folks.But not necessarily for we septuagenarians.For us, nothing really lasts that long 鈥� by comparison.Allow me to take you to my youth.<strong>Hula-Hoops</strong>I had one. A nice big, red one.I was one of ...
That a group of Michigan Republicans were told to hide out overnight in that state鈥檚 capitol to secretly select a false slate of presidential electors pledged to Donald Trump brings to mind a scene from 鈥淪even Days in May.鈥漈he movie, which stars Burt Lancaster as treasonous Air Force Gen. ...
OK! I鈥檒l admit I was afraid of the boogeyman when I was a kid.I鈥檇 see a scary movie. Then I鈥檇 live in bedtime-panic for weeks.Because I had little defense against the 鈥渦ndead,鈥� I could only do one thing to escape it. When my parents turned off my bedroom lights, I鈥檇 cover my head, ...
