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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 ...

None of KingĢƵ Horses

Steven Arnold King has a knack for saying the wrong things.The eight-term Republican congressman from Western Iowa is in hot water again.Steve King creepily thinks that rape and incest are somehow keys to life on planet Earth.That statement requires further exploration.I’ll do my best to ...

Planning the political cure we need

The other day this newspaper printed next yearĢƵ 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 ...

Invasion of the headline snatcher

Last Wednesday, President Trump took his second trip to El Paso, Texas, this year.His second visit wasn’t as well-received as his first.In February, he held one of those traveling show/rallies in El Paso, when he spent much of his time denigrating Mexican immigrants.He fearmongered about ...

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 ...

Twitter-Dee, Twitter-Dumb

Donald Trump is chomping at the bit.There’ve been four nights of Democratic debates, but he hasn’t figured out a way to jump on stage with the candidates to proclaim they’re all going to hell.Instead, he rage-tweets between debate nights, in hopes he can command news cycles with his ...