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Jackie Robinson was a true leader

I thought that I knew all there was to know about Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson until last week.Thanks to Ken Burns’ comprehensive portrait of the man during his two-part, four hour PBS series, simply titled “Jackie Robinson,” I realized how complex his life story had been.I’d ...

Write-in campaign a possibilty

ItĢƵ too bad that in the entirety of PennsylvaniaĢƵ 9th congressional district, not a single Democratic had the gumption or the wherewithal to file papers to run for Congress.It is true that the district, which takes in all or parts of 12 counties, including Fayette, Washington, ...

War on drugs aimed at blacks

The cover story in this monthĢƵ edition of HarperĢƵ Magazine reveals a damning bit of American history.That aside from that scallywag Richard Nixon having made attempts to circumvent the whole U.S. Constitution, he left an even darker legacy.The articleĢƵ writer, Dan Baum, highlighted a ...

Democrats should focus on infrastructure

Donald Trump wants to build a wall at the border. Democrats should be the party that builds things that count.The party should push the envelope on this one.In addition to roads and bridges, Democrats should become the party that puts the nationĢƵ costly clutter of overhead wires safely ...

Trump’s backers blind to facts

The worldĢƵ pre-eminent political mischief-maker, Donald J. Trump, has labeled his closest competitor “Lyin’ Ted.”By doing that, Trump is willfully engaging in what they call “projection.”He knows that fact-checkers have called into question many of his proclamations, so why not ...

Income inequality problem must be addressed

ItĢƵ still early in the political year — yea, early — but one thing seems certain: after the final votes are counted in November and a new president sworn into office in January, the country will demand that something real be done to reverse the decades-long trend of stagnant ...