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Public opinion about Lincoln remains divided

Today marks the 150th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln.Most Americans regard Lincoln almost mythically as a president universally admired, universally loved.This is baloney, of course. Lincoln was beloved, for sure; but his enemies, including a great many residents of Fayette County, ...

Rand and his ever-changing stands

“I have a message, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We have come to take our country back.”Sen. Randal Howard "Rand" Paul, Republican candidate for presidentKentuckyĢƵ junior U.S. Senator wants to “take our country back.”Republicans are always wanting to ...

Local woman eluded grip of Holocaust enforcer

The news item — the story of a death, actually — caused me to shiver.Oh, not right away. I had never heard of Alois Brunner — dead in Damascus, Syria, probably as long as four years ago.But then I read further, and BrunnerĢƵ story made my skin crawl. It hit close to home.The story was ...

Gov. Pence loses battle of words

Words matter.Sometimes the omission of words matter even more.The state of Indiana now has an Ommisioner-in-chief in Gov. Mike Pence.Two Sundays ago, Pence refused to directly answer questions about IndianaĢƵ brand new “Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.”They only required yes or no ...

Cruz candidacy sure to go nowhere

Ted Cruz, to nobodyĢƵ surprise, is running for president.He won’t win. He probably won’t get nominated either.But he’ll manage to tick off lots of people along the way.That seems to be the perpetually-grandstanding, first term Texas senatorĢƵ most non-endearing trait.HeĢƵ a highly ...

Video replays should be banned from baseball

Baseball is an imperfect game, played and managed by imperfect people, all of whom live in an imperfect world. Let football pursue the illusion of perfection. ItĢƵ not for baseball.Despite recent pronouncements by new baseball commissioner Rob Manfred to the contrary, the fact is baseballĢƵ ...