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Ignoring the unfulfilled dreams of Martin Luther King Jr.

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. spoke at Mt. Rose Baptist Church in Uniontown in July of 1963, he brought a powerful message with him.鈥淲e have come a long, long way, but we have got a long, long way to go,鈥 he told the packed congregation on Grant Street.A month later (on Aug. 28), his ...

Is Biden too old for another term?

Most men Joe Biden鈥檚 age are retired gents putting on the green or puttering in the garden, or trudging off to Walmart or Walgreens to get their meds. But Joe Biden is not like the rest of us.Elected to the Senate at the age of 30 in 1972, two years later he was telling a group of Washington ...

The elephant in the room

<em>"Elephant in the room:聽</em><em>An obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging.鈥 鈥撀</em><em>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</em>There鈥檚 hardly anything predictable about ...

In defying Trump, Pence risked all

Would they have actually done it 鈥 would the Jan. 6 mob have killed Mike Pence? And, in the process of wrenching the vice president away from his Secret Service protection on that terrible day in 2021, how many folks would have died on both sides? Pledged to do their duty, it鈥檚 impossible ...

700-plus years and counting? What would Hillary think?

The one-term, twice-impeached, four-time-indicted, ex-president Donald John Trump is now facing a combined 712陆 years in prison sentences.He鈥檒l plead not guilty to all 91 criminal charges against him.Was there any doubt he鈥檇 do that?He may not appear to be humbled by it all on the outside. ...

Use it, build it, and, yes, they’ll come

鈥淔enway Park,鈥 John Updike begins his famous 1960 piece on Ted Williams, 鈥渋s a lyric little band box of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curious sharp focus....鈥滸oodness, that鈥檚 not what the ball yard in Rowes Run resembles. Like Fenway Park in Boston, Rowes Run ...