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This Tuesday, our most divisive night

Except for Election Day itself, the most partisan night in America will take place Tuesday evening, when President Trump steps to the rostrum in the House of Representatives for the annual State of the Union address.When Woodrow Wilson began the tradition of appearing live before Congress in ...

President Trump: Let them eat wall

ItĢƵ estimated that the cost of the federal government shutdown had exceeded the $5.7 billion President Trump requested to pay for his border wall.Things have got out of hand.Trump and his administrationĢƵ apologists have shown that they have no idea what itĢƵ like to be without the means ...

In a snit, Summit sued singer’s zinger

Al Jolson was AmericaĢƵ biggest star -- by comparison, Sinatra was practically a piker and Lady Gaga is unknown. Jolson was the beeĢƵ knees, the catĢƵ pajamas, the fleaĢƵ eyebrows, and all that other jazz from the 1920s.When Jolson was heard belting ‘em out in “The Jazz Singer” in ...

Did Republicans do the right thing?

Back in July 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to acknowledge the role that slaves played in the construction of the U.S. Capitol building.The vote that day was 399-1.That one “no” vote came from Steve King of Iowa.King has accumulated quite a list of eyebrow-raising, racially ...

The school district mission statement = impossible

Oddly enough, if I say so myself, I’ve been examining mission statements - mostly school mission statements. Most are dreary, trite, unintelligible, easily-forgotten. HereĢƵ one such:“The mission of the ___ School District, in partnership with students, families and the community, is to ...

Still No Wall, Still No Work

During the first half of the fiscal year 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained 47 possible terrorists trying to get into the United States.Perhaps we need to build a wall – on the northern border.ThatĢƵ ‘cause 41 of the 47 would-be terrorists were heading south from ...