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Impeachment: Something a tweet can鈥檛 stop

There鈥檚 unrest all over the world.In the Catalonia region of Spain, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the streets 鈥 protesting for secession. They don鈥檛 want to be part of Spain, anymore.In Lebanon, Iraq, Bolivia, Pakistan, Chili, and Hong Kong there are hundreds of thousands ...

Wanted: campaign crackle-and-pop

A little after 10 on a recent Saturday morning, Vince Vicites stepped from a vehicle in front of the local UMW headquarters near the Walmart in South Union TownshipVicites, the long serving Fayette County commissioner, was here in his role as candidate Vince Vicites. He鈥檚 up for reelection on ...

A de facto quid pro quo per se

There I was.Minding my own business back in February of 1991.I was taking in that classic thriller, 鈥淪ilence of the Lambs.鈥漇uddenly, and without warning, that vile, serial killing cannibal (with the cleverly rhymed first name), Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins), utters the phrase, ...

Afraid for the future of the country

Donald Trump is going to be impeached.This now appears inevitable. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was correct when she said several months ago the president, apparently unconstrained by convention, law, or common sense, was on a path to impeach himself.Trump鈥檚 attempt to stick up Ukrainian ...

And now, news from the 1750s

Today鈥檚 news sweeps gusher-like down the gutters of our lives. Each day鈥檚 news seems more astonishing than the day before. We sink or swim with the news. There is no getting away from it.News from the 18th century is another matter. Of course, it was long ago, and the leading actors are 200 ...

Everybody talked. Nobody listened. Until now.

There鈥檚 that 1969 classic song by Harry Nilsson that goes, 鈥淓verybody鈥檚 talkin鈥 at me, I don鈥檛 hear a word they鈥檙e saying鈥︹ - that could be applied to our country鈥檚 politics.Everybody <em>is</em> talking, but nobody can hear a thing 鈥 鈥榗ause ...