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April 1934: A Mitchell Day rumble

Many in the march wore white shirts and white caps. Others wore sweaters stitched with the name and the number of their union local.Uniontown area barbers rode on a float for the parade; factory hands from UniontownëƵs Richmond Radiator plant walked; a young girl marching with the Allison mine ...

Have you no dignity, Mr. President?

<em>ëƵI gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve. I donëƵt care about this. I didnëƵt get a thank you. ThatëƵs OK. We sent him on the way. But I wasnëƵt a fan of John McCain.ëƵ</em>-- President Trump, in a speech in Lima, ...

Grand vision and practical politics

Gene Sperling thinks too great an emphasis on specifics ëƵ like Medicare for All ëƵ gets in the way of realizing some really worthwhile things, such as eventually securing health insurance for every American.Sperling, who directed the National Economic Council under both Presidents Clinton ...

How not to help your child

All parents want whatëƵs best for their children.Some parents want more than others.Those parents break laws, the rules of decency or both to give their kids an unfair help.A few years ago, I happened to ask a legendary high school basketball coach how the game had changed since he started ...

I saw Alex Trebek naked, seriously

I didnëƵt only see Alex Trebek naked. I stood next to him naked. Well, thatëƵs not right. I wasnëƵt naked. But sure enough he was. As naked as a smart-boy contestant without an answer ... I mean ... a question during Final Jeopardy. Whatever.The longtime host of TVëƵs Jeopardy just ...

Republicans have an ëƵAOCëƵ phobia

For Republicans, there is, indeed, a national emergency.TheyëƵll swear it could easily destroy America, while it lays waste to our way of life.This national emergency isnëƵt caused by anything sneaking north from Mexico.It started in the Bronx and Queens New York.Right-wingers donëƵt even ...