Donald Trump is running for president for the third time.Most Americans are exhausted by that prospect.Oh, there are millions of hard-bitten Trumpophiles, who鈥檙e all in on Mr. Trump鈥檚 next bite at the presidential apple.I get that.But there are far more Republicans, Democrats, and ...
I鈥檓 no expert but it seems to me there might be something to this notion that artificial intelligence 鈥� otherwise known as AI 鈥� is a whole lot of trouble waiting to happen.Even the people working to bring to market the bots of the future are sounding the alarm. Only recently, the ...
In the lead-up to the local elections of 1935, a group of Fayette County Democrats held a political rally alongside a highway near Brownsville.The tone of the rally was set by Charles Lewellyn, a candidate for judge, who told the gathering that he had been in German Township recently when an ...
Last season, before tip-offs at West Virginia University home basketball games, the public address announcer would call the crowd鈥檚 attention to the school鈥檚 promise to treat every person with respect.The pronouncement usually came amidst a welter of noise and other distractions, but ...
Until recently, the last time a member of the vaunted Kennedy family was in presidential campaign mode was on the evening of Aug. 12, 1980, in New York City. The occasion was that year鈥檚 Democratic convention.It was Jimmy Carter鈥檚 convention (sort of) but Ted Kennedy鈥檚 night. The senator ...
As I write this, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is unemployed.Don鈥檛 cry for Tucker. He鈥檚 well-off.He鈥檚 made between (estimated) $15 million and $20 million per year as the highest-rated host on the highest-rated news network in the business.Yet, Fox News abruptly fired him, leaving the ...
