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ItÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s a know-nothing do-nothing Congress

Has anybody seen Congress lately? IÎÞëÊÓÆµ™m wondering if itÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s growing cobwebs since there have been so few activities up there on Capitol Hill. ThatÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s part of the reason the 118th Congress ranks just above scurvy in popularity. The American public (according to the last Gallup polling) ...

A long time coming: a coal surge

During his campaign for president in 2016, Donald Trump promised to revive U.S. coal mining. "You watch what happens," he said. "If I win, we're going to bring these miners back." Of course it didn't happen. When he left office in January 2021, U.S. coal mining employment was down 24%, while ...

Aging Joe may need a campaign jolt

Too bad for Joe Biden: well-meaning but old, doddering, and forgetful, unable to recall even the year his son Beau died. That's how the president was recently portrayed by special Department of Justice counsel Robert K. Hur. A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor assigned by Attorney General ...

Democracy and the problems of news

My ideal of a reporter was David Broder. Starting at the Washington Star, Broder eventually landed with the Washington Post (after the Star folded). A reporter of legendary renown, he showed up one evening in New Castle, where yours truly was a novice with the news. Broder brought with him a ...

Why are we getting bombarded with some TV ads?

ItÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s that time again. Super Bowl 58, er LVIII is heading our way. That means those of us whoÎÞëÊÓÆµ™ll watch that big (overhyped) event will get treated to some spectacular TV spots costing advertisers an estimated $7 million per 30-second ad. I hope I donÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t disappoint you when I tell you ...