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Mystery solved: The bartender did it

The Center for Responsive Politics estimates that a record $6 billion was raised during the 2012 presidential campaign. Yet, all it took was a bartender armed with little more than a tiny camera to counter that mountain of campaign cash.Mitt RomneyĢƵ propensity for making unforced errors kept ...

Romney has only himself to blame

The RomneyĢƵ have buried their measuring tape. You know, the one with which they wanted measure the Oval Office drapes. They’ve returned to the media spotlight.Ann Romney was appearing on the same media (albeit marginally, since it was Fox News) of which she blamed for the downfall of Mitt ...

Did you know?

Last week I highlighted some of the numerous, and unsuccessful efforts George Washington made to sell his properties in Fayette County.The Library of Congress web site contains tens of thousands of WashingtonĢƵ handwritten diaries and letters which can easily be found, simply by using the ...

John McCain puts country second

Chuck Hagel is now our new Secretary of Defense. Was there ever any doubt? Well, er, yeah.From the time President Obama nominated Hagel, everybody knew there were enough votes to have him confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But Republicans, with what has apparently become their sole purpose for going ...

Did you know?

George Washington wrote a number of letters on Sept, 16, 1787.At least two of those letters dealt with properties he owned in Fayette County.“For the Land in Fayette County, I have been offered the price I had fixed on it, viz Forty Shillings pr. (per) Acre,” he wrote in one letter.He was, ...

Did you know

This being the 247th Did You Know column I’ve written, I think I have a much better understanding about the people who’ve inhabited Fayette County over the years.But there is one area about which I’m a little flummoxed. What on earth did those people eat?ItĢƵ probably true that if ...