Kathy Whitworth died last week. She was 83 and dropped dead at a holiday party, apparently a festive affair. It was said she was her usual self moments before she died: convivial, happy, looking ahead.Whitworth was professional golf鈥檚 winningest player, with 88 tournament championships. Asked ...
Christmas 2022. The first Christmas I remember for sure was 1956. I was 8. There must have been earlier Christmases I recall, but these are indistinct. They are all jumbled together in my head. Christmas 鈥�56 was the real deal. I remember lying in bed on Christmas Eve and shaking with ...
I have no idea why our disgraced, twice impeached, one-term, insurrectionist ex-president still maintains he won the 2020 presidential election.I鈥檓 not the only one.By happenstance, I caught an interview with that renowned primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall a few days ago.Just in ...
As efforts to reach a settlement with the H.C. Frick Coal and Coke on union recognition stalled out, a group of local miners requested a meeting with the president of the United States.The miners wanted to explain to none other than Franklin Roosevelt their opposition to returning to work ...
Thanks to the failed senatorial candidacy of Herschel Walker, the Republican Party has egg on its face 鈥� again.There鈥檚 something sweet about that.Not just because Democrats now have the outright majority (51 to 49) in the U.S. Senate. But because Republicans got caught trying to play the ...
Strikes always hassle someone. Trolley operator strikes in the early 20th century aggravated commuters. Coal miner strikes in the 1920s inconvenienced manufacturers. Auto worker strikes in the 1950s irked new car buyers, car salesmen, and advertisers.Almost by definition, just about any work ...
