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In defying Trump, Pence risked all

Would they have actually done it ëƵ would the Jan. 6 mob have killed Mike Pence? And, in the process of wrenching the vice president away from his Secret Service protection on that terrible day in 2021, how many folks would have died on both sides? Pledged to do their duty, itëƵs impossible ...

700-plus years and counting? What would Hillary think?

The one-term, twice-impeached, four-time-indicted, ex-president Donald John Trump is now facing a combined 712½ years in prison sentences.HeëƵll plead not guilty to all 91 criminal charges against him.Was there any doubt heëƵd do that?He may not appear to be humbled by it all on the outside. ...

Use it, build it, and, yes, they’ll come

ëƵFenway Park,ëƵ John Updike begins his famous 1960 piece on Ted Williams, ëƵis a lyric little band box of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curious sharp focus....ëƵGoodness, thatëƵs not what the ball yard in Rowes Run resembles. Like Fenway Park in Boston, Rowes Run ...

Let the presidential debates begin!

TheyëƵre lining up to take on the current president of these United States ëƵ ëƵSmokin'" Joe Biden.There are two Democrats ëƵ anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and self-help author Marianne Williamson. ThereëƵs a third-party candidate ëƵ Professor Cornel West.Republicans, though, are ...

Trump can expect GOP testimony

It will be the greatest of ironies if Donald John Trump is convicted of crimes against the Constitution he swore to uphold.How so?The first irony is obvious. Presidents are tasked with seeing that the laws are faithfully executed. Trump is the first and only president to be charged with ...

Another day. Another indictment. Another act!

One day last week, I canëƵt remember which one, Donald Trump didnëƵt get indicted!Otherwise, the book they keep throwing at him ëƵ gets more dog-eared daily.I think itëƵs getting interesting because the more prosecutors prosecute him, the more he screams heëƵs the target of abuse. HeëƵs ...