In the contest for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate the temper of the times points to John Fetterman, which is not to say that his chief rival, Conor Lamb, can or should be dismissed.In November against a Republican opponent, Lamb, a suburban Pittsburgh congressman with a record of ...
I grew up in a world of ubiquitous corner stores 鈥� forever beckoning me to spend my pocket change on penny candy, and stuff.That鈥檚 how it was. I鈥檝e never regretted it.On the East End of Uniontown in the 1950s, there must鈥檝e been a dozen family-owned stores.I think I visited all of them, ...
Campaign themes are frequently fragile things that shatter the moment they encounter reality.I鈥檓 thinking of the Eisenhower-Nixon 鈥渕issile gap鈥� falsely promoted by John Kennedy in 1960. Then there was the matter of a convicted murderer being handed a get out of jail card by Massachusetts ...
It鈥檚 as if Donald Trump never left the presidency.He still holds those exuberant campaign rallies with a not-too-carefully concealed eye on an attempted return to the White House.And he still holds court by becoming quite the kingmaker.Something for which he seems to be well-suited.Many ...
Widely speculated on in the press and elsewhere is that Russian president Vladimir Putin governs largely in the dark. Ruling the Kremlin with an iron fist, Putin, so the thinking goes, hears only what he wants to hear about Ukraine and much else.Bad news is filtered out. Only good news finds ...
Mondays after Easter Sundays were always special to me when I was a kid.That meant if there were any playgrounds or empty fields within scurrying distance, they鈥檇 soon be populated by after-school kids indefatigably engaged in all manner of exuberant activities.Allow me to unravel that. ...
