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Infrastructure bill will test Biden

The struggle over an infrastructure bill in Congress may have a way to go. But rest assured, there鈥檚 a professional in the White House who鈥檚 determined to see it across the finish line.In the first eight months of his presidency, Joe Biden has shown the value of having an experienced ...

Whatever happened to Jujubes II?

I just ate a handful of Reese鈥檚 Peanut Butter Cups.It was in preparation for what I鈥檓 about to write.I love Reese鈥檚 Peanut Butter Cups.I鈥檝e had a fondness for them for as long as I can remember.And they aren鈥檛 even my favorite candy.It was 14陆 years ago that I first wrote about my ...

J. Veech: hot, hardy and harassed

On the theory that it鈥檚 good to look back, here is a story of one James Veech of Uniontown, lawyer, businessman, and, in the first summer of the American Civil War, one of three men appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to ensure that volunteer militias were paid on time and in the right ...

A message from Mr. COVID-19

Hello!My name is COVID-19, and I鈥檇 like to kill you.Today, though, I鈥檝e come to give you a little advice.I鈥檝e heard some of you don鈥檛 want to get vaccinated because you believe in 鈥減ersonal freedoms,鈥 and some balderdash about that U.S. Constitution.I鈥檝e never read your ...

J. Veech: hot, hardy and harassed

On the theory that it鈥檚 good to look back, here is a story of one James Veech of Uniontown, lawyer, businessman, and, in the first summer of the American Civil War, one of three men appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to ensure that volunteer militias were paid on time and in the right ...

One small step for billionaires

<em>鈥淥h! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings ... wheeled and soared and swung ... Put out my hand and touched the face of God.鈥 鈥撀</em><em>High Flight, by poet John Gillespie ...