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Today, the individual reigns supreme

While rummaging around the 1930s microfilm at the library for a book I’m researching, I happened upon a story that serves to highlight one of the big differences between that era and ours.The story goes something like this: there once was a strike of high school students because they ...

WhatĢƵ a witch hunt?

Since special counsel Robert MuellerĢƵ investigation commenced in May 2017, Donald Trump has referred to it as a “witch hunt” more than 125 times on Twitter.ItĢƵ anything but a witch hunt.There’ve been 33 people and three Russian companies charged with a variety of serious ...

Eagerly waiting Fayette County’s comprehensive plan, why bother?

If you’re like me, you’re awaiting the unveiling of the 10-year comprehensive plan for Fayette County due in late February or early March of next year.I’m kidding, of course. The last comprehensive plan came out in June 2000, and only this week did I skim through it. (Actually reading the ...

If you catch my drift

Within minutes of the news that the nationĢƵ 41st president had died, the tributes rolled in - and freely.George Herbert Walker Bush had been a highly respected member of, perhaps, AmericaĢƵ most exclusive fraternity.Of the hundreds of millions of people who’ve dwelled in the United ...

Baseball, Big Macs and gas explosions

I’m thinking of writing my childhood memoirs. So what if my childhood and adolescence were largely uneventful. What follows are possible chapter titles and synopses. With a few tweaks, maybe a movie treatment is next. I hope so. I need the money.<strong>THIS IS YOUR NEW HOME. ...

Promises made, promises broken

“If I’m elected, you won’t lose one plant. You’ll have plants coming into this country. You’re gonna have jobs again. You won’t lose one plant. I promise you.”-<em>- Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, Oct. 31, 2016, Warren, Michigan</em>Last week, ...