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 ...
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, ...
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 ...