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Bob Huggins’ golden opportunity

Last season, before tip-offs at West Virginia University home basketball games, the public address announcer would call the crowdëƵs attention to the schoolëƵs promise to treat every person with respect.The pronouncement usually came amidst a welter of noise and other distractions, but ...

Bobby Jr. and the politics of crazy

Until recently, the last time a member of the vaunted Kennedy family was in presidential campaign mode was on the evening of Aug. 12, 1980, in New York City. The occasion was that yearëƵs Democratic convention.It was Jimmy CarterëƵs convention (sort of) but Ted KennedyëƵs night. The senator ...

All Tuckered out

As I write this, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is unemployed.DonëƵt cry for Tucker. HeëƵs well-off.HeëƵs made between (estimated) $15 million and $20 million per year as the highest-rated host on the highest-rated news network in the business.Yet, Fox News abruptly fired him, leaving the ...

The city’s re-launch of Bailey Park

Municipal government is frequently a tale of failed attempts, of civic woe compounded by familiarity: The garbage doesnëƵt get picked up, the pothole doesnëƵt get filled in, the yard across the street remains an eyesore.For years, UniontownëƵs Bailey Park was pretty much neglected. Once in a ...

DeSantis and his mouse problem

ThereëƵs an angry mouse down south.HeëƵs nobody to mess with.Mickey Mouse is in the line of fire of that would-be-if-he-could-be presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he takes aim at Disney World.The ëƵHappiest Place on EarthëƵ has been under fire ever since DisneyëƵs CEO, ...

The many ways this day is ‘special’

If this is Sunday, April 23, 2023, then it must be National Table Top Tennis Day ... and National Lost Dog Awareness Day ... and National Picnic Day ... and National LoversëƵ Day ... and National German Beer Day ... and National Cherry Cheesecake Day ... and World Book Night ... and St. ...