With each new mass murder, people say the same things: “There’s something different about this one.” That, “Maybe things will change,” because of it.NOTHING EVER CHANGES. Nothing!There will be national and even international media capturing the grief and funerals and thoughts and ...
You might say I’ve been a cockeyed optimist all these years. Or foolish and naive. I’ve never been with the people who proclaim that the country and the world are going to hell, that we’re doomed, that life will be miserable in the year ... well, anytime in the future.“I’m glad I’m ...
Sometimes, when I reflect on my youth, I have some pretty haunting memories of the first (and last) time I gave a live “theatrical performance.”There I was, among my fellow third-graders on stage at Park Elementary School, bouncing rubber balls to the beat of the song “Sentimental ...
Wyoming’s lone member of the House, Republican Liz Cheney, was one of five people honored recently with the 2022 John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award. Here, in part, is what the arch-conservative and ardent patriot said on Monday night in Boston. Her words are words to remember.“... On ...
You could write a book about Donald Trump’s antic-filled presidency, and Mark Esper has.Esper, a native of Uniontown who served as Trump’s secretary of defense for 18 torturous months, writes in his book, “A Sacred Oath,” that only his training at West Point (which followed his ...
Mark Esper has a new book out.Nope!I haven’t read it.Nor will I.I already know the juiciest parts.I’ve paid close attention to a number of Mr. Esper’s seemingly endless appearances on national TV to hawk his new tome.He’s getting pretty good at it, too.He emphatically answers the ...
