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The sound of one hand thudding

聽It appears the Palestinians and the Israelis have a brand new, but flawed, peace plan.The supposed 鈥淢iddle East Peace Plan鈥 President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced last week in the White House was missing one key element though -- input from the ...

Getting the pros back into politics

As Democrats slip-slide their way through a plethora of men and women who would be president 鈥 the actual selection process starts tomorrow in Iowa - and as Donald Trump wiggles his way out of impeachment 鈥 and in the process trashes the Constitution 鈥 it might be worthwhile to consider ...

Trump鈥檚 tell-tale heartlessness

聽Last Wednesday, President Trump went on a tirade unlike any in the recorded history of Twitter. (If there is such a thing)He unleashed a chorus of 140 tweets and retweets that some observers may interpret as a man with a guilt-ridden conscience.Who am I kidding?I鈥檓 that observer.Anybody, ...

Squabbling Dems cross line at peril

Many years ago, in the middle of a spat over a presidential nomination, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt leaned in from the sidelines.The wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt said she found watching the back-and-forth between the candidates 鈥渁 little painful鈥 inasmuch as 鈥渕en in the heat of ...

When Trump is put on hold

聽President Trump isn鈥檛 driving news cycles these days - no matter how hard he tries.He鈥檚 a mere bystander, because his impeachment is revving up, and associated developments are sapping him of his usual ability to engage in shenanigans.That鈥檚 got to be troublesome for Trump.As the ...

Winless Fillies at top of league

If you鈥檙e not a fan, you probably aren鈥檛 aware that this year鈥檚 girls basketball team at Laurel Highlands has been on the receiving end of quite a few lopsided defeats.There have been games - too many to count - in which the Fillies have scored in single digits.In what was the worst ...