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Democracy rule one: trust and abide

In the lead-up to the local elections of 1935, a group of Fayette County Democrats held a political rally alongside a highway near Brownsville.The tone of the rally was set by Charles Lewellyn, a candidate for judge, who told the gathering that he had been in German Township recently when an ...

Bob Huggins’ golden opportunity

Last season, before tip-offs at West Virginia University home basketball games, the public address announcer would call the crowdĢƵ attention to the schoolĢƵ promise to treat every person with respect.The pronouncement usually came amidst a welter of noise and other distractions, but ...

Bobby Jr. and the politics of crazy

Until recently, the last time a member of the vaunted Kennedy family was in presidential campaign mode was on the evening of Aug. 12, 1980, in New York City. The occasion was that yearĢƵ Democratic convention.It was Jimmy CarterĢƵ convention (sort of) but Ted KennedyĢƵ night. The senator ...

All Tuckered out

As I write this, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is unemployed.Don’t cry for Tucker. HeĢƵ well-off.HeĢƵ made between (estimated) $15 million and $20 million per year as the highest-rated host on the highest-rated news network in the business.Yet, Fox News abruptly fired him, leaving the ...

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, ...