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Mike Tyson sure was right!

Now that I have your attention 鈥 this isn鈥檛 really about Mike Tyson.It鈥檚 about something he once said.He was training for an upcoming fight when, as the story goes, a reporter asked him about his opponent鈥檚 plan to beat him.Tyson responded, 鈥淓verybody has a plan until they get punched ...

OP-ED: COVID Devastated education; this Is a chance for renewal

The numbers are rolling in now about how much ground our kids have lost academically due to COVID-19, and they are very bad. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, known informally as 鈥渢he nation鈥檚 report card,鈥 has released the results of its latest large survey of fourth and ...

Is Fetterman well enough to serve?

John Fetterman's debate performance against his rival, Republican Mehmet Oz, for a seat in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night was as bad as it gets. The lieutenant governor and former mayor of Braddock, the victim of a stroke last May, stumbled over his words so badly and so often that it was ...

Cheating the children

While President Biden is trying to win a court victory for his student debt forgiveness proposal, he should be focusing instead on the latest dreadful report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP).In what is called the nation鈥檚 report card, NAEP has released its latest ...

Rural broadband can help level economic playing field

Over the last decade or so, copious amounts of ink have been spilled and many pixels have been rearranged to explain the vast and growing gulf between America鈥檚 slow-growing or declining rural communities and its flourishing cities.Much of the divide 鈥 and it鈥檚 become an issue in other ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> The Community Foundation of Fayette County鈥檚 program to support nonprofits, Fayette Gives, continues for the third year on Nov. 10. During a 12-hour window (8 a.m. to 8 p.m.), the day-of-giving event offers an easy online option for those ...