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Do you remember where you were …? (copy)

I made a simple request last Monday.Since that day marked the 58th year since John F. Kennedy was assassinated, I took to Facebook and asked, 鈥淒o you remember where you were when you heard the news?鈥滻 didn鈥檛 preface that question with anything.Just those 11 words.There were more than 40 ...

Biden should lean on JFK example

Thursday of last week marked 58 years since John Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, outside of Washington, D.C. He鈥檚 buried on the hillside just below the Custis-Lee Mansion, with its commanding view of the capital city.Eight months (or, since stories vary, maybe it was ...

Tucker Carlson’s Great Replacement Theory

Tucker Carlson knows what he鈥檚 doing.He thinks people are stupid.He frequently speaks in ways that racists can make use of his frequent rants for their purposes.Then he expresses surprise that anybody would blame him for actions those racists took.He now cleverly claims that he doesn鈥檛 even ...

When infrastructure meets road

Republicans are under attack.Who鈥檚 behind the outrage aimed squarely in their direction?Their fellow Republicans.This is gonna be fun.Georgia鈥檚 ever-undignified congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene, has made it her personal crusade to attack many of her 32 fellow Republicans who claimed ...

West Virginia’s Huff played to win

Sam Huff died last week. If that name means nothing to you, then you鈥檙e not of a certain age.The son of a West Virginia coal miner, Huff was a bruising, All-American line backer at West Virginia University in the 1950s. He played professionally with the New York (football) Giants and the ...

Building Big Bird Back Better

Building Big Bird Back BetterI don鈥檛 have anything against Big Bird.He鈥檚 fine as far as I鈥檓 concerned.But I鈥檓 73 years old. I鈥檝e never quite been in that big fellow鈥檚 target audience.So, when that 8-foot 2-inch, anthropomorphic bird found himself in the crosshairs of a U.S. senator, ...