Yesterday marked an anniversary of sorts. Sept. 7, 1958, was a Sunday, and nothing unusual happened. Except that we drove to Pittsburgh to see a ballgame.The Pirates vs. the Braves at Forbes Field. A doubleheader, rare today but a regular feature of the baseball season in those days.By ...
There is one question for which I have no answer.Do we still live in the same world in which Donald Trump thinks heÎÞëÊÓƵ™s living?In recent weeks, heÎÞëÊÓƵ™s developed more than just his usual erratic behavior.He now seems close to having a complete meltdown.The pressures of the possibilities of an ...
ItÎÞëÊÓƵ™s not hard to imagine the gently sloping lawn crowded with concert-goers - though it was a concert of a most peculiar kind: a telephonic one.For on a summerÎÞëÊÓƵ™s evening at the dawn of the 20th century the mistress of the House of Thompson invited what she undoubtedly considered the ...
Greenland is the worldÎÞëÊÓƵ™s largest island.The semi-autonomous territory of Denmark has a population of 56,370.It also has the highest suicide rate in the world.That couldÎÞëÊÓƵ™ve become much higher if Donald Trump had gotten his hands on it.Fortunately, (for them - and us) thatÎÞëÊÓƵ™s not going to ...
It was the bloodiest day in the history of Fayette County, and I wish I had been there to take it all in. IÎÞëÊÓƵ™ve read about it, IÎÞëÊÓƵ™ve pondered its meaning; to have seen it unfold would have been special, though frightening and scary, too.The county was the focal point of a regionwide ...
Steven Arnold King has a knack for saying the wrong things.The eight-term Republican congressman from Western Iowa is in hot water again.Steve King creepily thinks that rape and incest are somehow keys to life on planet Earth.That statement requires further exploration.IÎÞëÊÓƵ™ll do my best to ...