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Bailey Park needs your help

Bailey Park has its fans, and they are rooting for a revival of play at the old ballyard.A case in point is the pastor of Asbury Methodist Church, Don Kephart. After a recent column on the sorry state of the cityĢƵ ball diamonds, I heard from the pastor of the church which is next door to ...

Colin Powell can’t stomach Trump

It looks like Donald Trump is in very good physical shape.ThatĢƵ taking into consideration that at 70 years of age, he might become the oldest person ever elected to the U.S. presidency on election day.Of course, Trump made sure that revelations about his good health were rolled out ...

War on Clintons continues

For many years the columnist worked for the Tribune-Review. He was there, as a reporter, in the 1990s, during the first and second administrations of Bill Clinton. The paper was owned by an implacable foe of the Clintons, a Pittsburgh billionaire by the name of Richard Scaife.Scaife, who died ...

Kaepernick and Trump

The United States of America is the greatest country on earth.HereĢƵ how I know that. If I write the sentence, “The United States Of America is the  lousiest country on earth,” I don’t fear that armed Storm troopers will come and snatch me from my keyboard, imprison me, then torture me ...

A little bit of hate can go a long way

I hate the word “continue,” and the phrase “good read.” I dislike how the former looks and how the latter sounds.I think the term “man cave” is a bummer. ItĢƵ such a sexist thing to say. Do I go around introducing my wife as “the little lady”?I recoil when people hold store ...

Is Donald really doing it his way?

"Regrets, I've had a few; But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption.''Frank Sinatra, the song My WayThe Earth nearly fell off of its axis during a recent Donald Trump rally by telling the crowd, “Sometimes in the heat of debate, and ...