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The city’s re-launch of Bailey Park

Municipal government is frequently a tale of failed attempts, of civic woe compounded by familiarity: The garbage doesn’t get picked up, the pothole doesn’t get filled in, the yard across the street remains an eyesore.For years, UniontownĢƵ Bailey Park was pretty much neglected. Once in a ...

DeSantis and his mouse problem

ThereĢƵ an angry mouse down south.HeĢƵ nobody to mess with.Mickey Mouse is in the line of fire of that would-be-if-he-could-be presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, as he takes aim at Disney World.The “Happiest Place on Earth” has been under fire ever since DisneyĢƵ CEO, ...

The many ways this day is ‘special’

If this is Sunday, April 23, 2023, then it must be National Table Top Tennis Day ... and National Lost Dog Awareness Day ... and National Picnic Day ... and National Lovers’ Day ... and National German Beer Day ... and National Cherry Cheesecake Day ... and World Book Night ... and St. ...

Baseball’s pitch clocks

There are but a few things that gain unanimous approval in America these days.Several of those brand-new Major League Baseball changes seem to be very close to getting across-the-board raves.(When I write “across-the-board raves,” I’m saying I haven’t seen anybody claim they honestly ...

The problem of men in black robes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to the prescription drug mifepristone in 2000. Last week, 23 years and five presidential administrators later, a federal judge in Texas placed a preliminary hold on the use of mifepristone, one drug in a two-drug combination used to ...

What goes around…

Last week, the lead-up to Donald TrumpĢƵ New York arraignment may have caused a record for breathless speculation.A squadron of reporters followed TrumpĢƵ motorcade out of Mar-a-Lago as it wound its way to Palm Beach International Airport.Reporters and anchors around the planet engaged in ...