In April 1861, following the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C., and the start of the American Civil War, Edward G. Roddy, editor of the Uniontown Genius of Liberty newspaper, wrote, "Amidst the civilizations of the 19th century, we are on the very brink of ruin, despotism, and ...
Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker recently told the Guardian newspaper that the 16th president was, "arguably," the "greatest democratic politician in the history of the world," and "all of us would appreciate having a few more Lincolns in politics today." Amen to that, brother Pinsker, who ...
Donald Trump says such weird, sometimes hurtful, things, that he makes it easy to pile on. At his invitation, practically speaking, let's take two examples from just the past week or so. Example one: the death of Robert Mueller. A week ago Friday, Mueller died. He was 81. The director of the ...
Did Steve Wittkoff and Jared Kushner blow it? The friend and son-in-law respectively of Donald Trump were negotiating with the Iranian government on a new nuclear deal when U.S. and Israeli bombs began bolting from the skies above that country's military and security installations; in one ...
Right now, somewhere in the political world, someone is contemplating a race for president of the United States, not as a loyal Republican or a loyal Democrat, but as an independent. The year 2028 looks ripe for such a campaign. By the time campaign season rolls around in 2027, the political ...
Before three-point shots and slam dunks, a basketball game was played in Kentucky between the West Virginia University Mountaineers and Adolph Rupp's Kentucky Wildcats. Back then, in the late 1950s, Kentucky was the center of the college basketball world. Rupp was a celebrated coach, a wizard ...
