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The president who slept here

If you’re in the neighborhood this week, you might want to stop at the mountainous Route 40 Summit hotel – officially the Historic Summit Inn Resort. ItĢƵ an anniversary, of sorts. Ninety-nine years ago on July 2, the president of the United States stayed the night, along with his wife ...

Things are looking up

Last year, life everywhere stopped.ItĢƵ restarting now – and with a vengeance.This month, Major League baseball parks are starting to fill with delirious fans who’ve been starved for peanuts, and popcorn, and the cracks of the bats.A recent home series for the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley ...

The Uncle Jimmy and Byrd show

A. James Manchin, whose nephew, the senior lawmaker from West Virginia, is all over the news as the key Senate vote on a variety of topics (from infrastructure to voting rights), never shied away from the spotlight and, as a lifetime Democrat, worked for a Republican governor in the Mountain ...

Say it ain’t so, Joe

I just thought it was a chance meeting at the time.I’d never expected to come face-to-face with a U.S. senator while waiting to get my car fixed.That happened nearly a decade ago just outside of Pittsburgh.I was in the waiting room of a local Meineke Auto Car Care Center, holding my breath ...

False certainty and wallowing in rumor

Life-lessons come in many forms: some from experience, some from parents, relatives, friends, some from osmosis – itĢƵ in the air, baby! Some lessons are drawn from books. These are book-lessons drawn from real life.To begin:Sometime toward the end of the madcap decade of the 1920s, the ...

Let the delusions begin

Are Republicans living in a dream world?I hope not.But thereĢƵ growing evidence “The Big Lie” is sprouting wings.According to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll, 53% of Republicans still believe Donald Trump is their true president.HE’S NOT!That same poll reveals that 56% of Republicans still ...