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Today, the individual reigns supreme

While rummaging around the 1930s microfilm at the library for a book I鈥檓 researching, I happened upon a story that serves to highlight one of the big differences between that era and ours.The story goes something like this: there once was a strike of high school students because they ...

What鈥檚 a witch hunt?

Since special counsel Robert Mueller鈥檚 investigation commenced in May 2017, Donald Trump has referred to it as a 鈥渨itch hunt鈥 more than 125 times on Twitter.It鈥檚 anything but a witch hunt.There鈥檝e been 33 people and three Russian companies charged with a variety of serious ...

Eagerly waiting Fayette County’s comprehensive plan, why bother?

If you鈥檙e like me, you鈥檙e awaiting the unveiling of the 10-year comprehensive plan for Fayette County due in late February or early March of next year.I鈥檓 kidding, of course. The last comprehensive plan came out in June 2000, and only this week did I skim through it. (Actually reading the ...

If you catch my drift

Within minutes of the news that the nation鈥檚 41st president had died, the tributes rolled in - and freely.George Herbert Walker Bush had been a highly respected member of, perhaps, America鈥檚 most exclusive fraternity.Of the hundreds of millions of people who鈥檝e dwelled in the United ...

Baseball, Big Macs and gas explosions

I鈥檓 thinking of writing my childhood memoirs. So what if my childhood and adolescence were largely uneventful. What follows are possible chapter titles and synopses. With a few tweaks, maybe a movie treatment is next. I hope so. I need the money.<strong>THIS IS YOUR NEW HOME. ...

Promises made, promises broken

鈥淚f I鈥檓 elected, you won鈥檛 lose one plant. You鈥檒l have plants coming into this country. You鈥檙e gonna have jobs again. You won鈥檛 lose one plant. I promise you.鈥-<em>- Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, Oct. 31, 2016, Warren, Michigan</em>Last week, ...