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Yours to see: J.V.’s old homestead

ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 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 summerÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ evening at the dawn of the 20th century the mistress of the House of Thompson invited what she undoubtedly considered the ...

A summer of violence and mayhem

It was the bloodiest day in the history of Fayette County, and I wish I had been there to take it all in. I’ve read about it, I’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 ...

Planning the political cure we need

The other day this newspaper printed next yearÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Pirate schedule. I liked that. I looked up opening day and saw that the season ends several days before October begins. The Bucs play Boston at home in 2020, July 3, 4, and 5. They play the Dodgers twice, both times in April. How odd.I like ...

Dems’ debates hurting their cause

Too bad for Democrats that Bill de Blasio is mayor of New York City, and not the mayor of a city in a state narrowly carried by Donald Trump in 2016 - the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, say; or Ann Arbor, Michigan; or even Pittsburgh.As the Democrats’ vice presidential nominee in 2020, imagine ...

Local politics: Too nasty or too nice?

From time to time you hear people say that things were better back in the day; folks were more caring, more polite, they were kinder and gentler.Recently, I sat across a dinner table from a prominent local politician — we were attending the same banquet — when he brought up the subject of ...

The return of the Know Nothings

Last Sunday morning, Stephen Howard, pastor of the Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church of Greenville, North Carolina, addressed his congregants on the matter of Donald TrumpÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ divisive tweets and the presidentÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ hate-inducing remarks at a political rally in the city the previous ...