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OP-ED: The arc of the moral universe just wobbles around

No one knows whether the recent uprising means the end of President Vladimir PutinÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ control of Russia, just as no one knew before the last few weeks of 1999 that Putin would replace Boris Yeltsin and become RussiaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ leader for the next quarter-century.But everyone knows that the widely ...

What’s in a gate?

Watergate.Isn’t that a funny word?How did a word, derived from a 1970s political scandal, which had only been the name of a place in Washington, D.C., become so integrally woven into the fabric of the American lexicon? (ADMISSION: Midway through that sentence, I had no idea how it would ...

Rally ’round the flag, boys and girls

On this Fourth of July week, my pick for Hero of the Republic is the indefatigable Rose Brady and the women of the Connellsville Canteen. Their service during World War II remains a shining example of patriotism, perseverance and good old-fashioned pluck.Working out of an abandoned foundry ...