It鈥檚 estimated that the cost of the federal government shutdown had exceeded the $5.7 billion President Trump requested to pay for his border wall.Things have got out of hand.Trump and his administration鈥檚 apologists have shown that they have no idea what it鈥檚 like to be without the means ...
Al Jolson was America鈥檚 biggest star -- by comparison, Sinatra was practically a piker and Lady Gaga is unknown. Jolson was the bee鈥檚 knees, the cat鈥檚 pajamas, the flea鈥檚 eyebrows, and all that other jazz from the 1920s.When Jolson was heard belting 鈥榚m out in 鈥淭he Jazz Singer鈥� in ...
Back in July 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to acknowledge the role that slaves played in the construction of the U.S. Capitol building.The vote that day was 399-1.That one 鈥渘o鈥� vote came from Steve King of Iowa.King has accumulated quite a list of eyebrow-raising, racially ...
Oddly enough, if I say so myself, I鈥檝e been examining mission statements - mostly school mission statements. Most are dreary, trite, unintelligible, easily-forgotten. Here鈥檚 one such:鈥淭he mission of the ___ School District, in partnership with students, families and the community, is to ...
During the first half of the fiscal year 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained 47 possible terrorists trying to get into the United States.Perhaps we need to build a wall 鈥� on the northern border.That鈥檚 鈥榗ause 41 of the 47 would-be terrorists were heading south from ...
Uniontown High School, falling behind in regional and state competitions, is examining the possibility of hiring a retired science teacher and a highly successful instructor in her day as a science fair consultant.鈥淲e used to dominate,鈥� said a member of the school board who鈥檚 pushing for ...