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The elephant in the room

<em>"Elephant in the room: </em><em>An obvious major problem or issue that people avoid discussing or acknowledging.” – </em><em>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</em>ThereĢƵ hardly anything predictable about ...

In defying Trump, Pence risked all

Would they have actually done it – would the Jan. 6 mob have killed Mike Pence? And, in the process of wrenching the vice president away from his Secret Service protection on that terrible day in 2021, how many folks would have died on both sides? Pledged to do their duty, itĢƵ impossible ...

700-plus years and counting? What would Hillary think?

The one-term, twice-impeached, four-time-indicted, ex-president Donald John Trump is now facing a combined 712½ years in prison sentences.He’ll plead not guilty to all 91 criminal charges against him.Was there any doubt he’d do that?He may not appear to be humbled by it all on the outside. ...

Use it, build it, and, yes, they’ll come

“Fenway Park,” John Updike begins his famous 1960 piece on Ted Williams, “is a lyric little band box of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curious sharp focus....”Goodness, thatĢƵ not what the ball yard in Rowes Run resembles. Like Fenway Park in Boston, Rowes Run ...

Let the presidential debates begin!

They’re lining up to take on the current president of these United States – “Smokin'" Joe Biden.There are two Democrats – anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and self-help author Marianne Williamson. ThereĢƵ a third-party candidate – Professor Cornel West.Republicans, though, are ...

Trump can expect GOP testimony

It will be the greatest of ironies if Donald John Trump is convicted of crimes against the Constitution he swore to uphold.How so?The first irony is obvious. Presidents are tasked with seeing that the laws are faithfully executed. Trump is the first and only president to be charged with ...