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Bye, bye, Herschel Walker

Thanks to the failed senatorial candidacy of Herschel Walker, the Republican Party has egg on its face – again.There’s something sweet about that.Not just because Democrats now have the outright majority (51 to 49) in the U.S. Senate. But because Republicans got caught trying to play the ...

Washington wakes up for the holidays

WASHINGTON – It’s beginning to look a lot like ... Washington. After years of trauma, the capital feels back to itself for Christmas.The holiday ball for Congress just happened at the White House. The storied Willard Hotel, where Abraham Lincoln stayed days before he was inaugurated, ...

Labor still leaning on ‘Union Joe’

Strikes always hassle someone. Trolley operator strikes in the early 20th century aggravated commuters. Coal miner strikes in the 1920s inconvenienced manufacturers. Auto worker strikes in the 1950s irked new car buyers, car salesmen, and advertisers.Almost by definition, just about any work ...

North Carolina incident showcases need to protect infrastructure

Christmas lights were extinguished in Moore County, N.C., for much of the last week.And that was actually the least of the community’s problems.Gunfire crippled two electric substations in the rural county Saturday, plunging it into darkness for days on end. Because of the extent and type of ...

Three good men; three great kids’ books

Men get a bad rap. They’re blamed collectively for rape culture, violence, war, poverty, climate change and all other manner of global suffering. They’re forced to apologize on college campuses for their chromosomes, anatomy and athleticism. They’re vilified incessantly in women’s ...

Greater Pitt’s struggles deepen

Much rah-rah-sis-boom-bahing has been coming out of the Allegheny County Airport Authority about how robust passenger and cargo traffic has been at Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) as we continue to put the coronavirus pandemic behind us.But a new analysis of the latest-available numbers ...