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Thomas P. Hoving was an esteemed director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but he secured his place in history outside the world of art thanks to a remark he made during a brief stint as the cityĢƵ parks commissioner in June 1966. Meningitis cases were cropping up throughout ...

Cheers and Jeers

Jeers: The term “own goal” is associated with British soccer and the mistake of kicking a ball into the wrong net. Merriam-Webster defines an own goal as “something one does thinking it will help him or her, but actually causes one harm.” It can safely be said that South Dakota Gov. ...

We’ve been told many times and in many ways that to err is human. Perhaps just as human is the impulse toward nostalgia. Once you reach adulthood, or are deep in middle age or on the cusp of your “golden years,” itĢƵ entirely understandable to look back on your younger days with a ...

Cheers & Jeers

Jeers: Polio and measles are no longer running rampant throughout the country, and the reason for that is vaccines. The polio vaccine was introduced in 1955, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, and the measles vaccine followed in 1963. These vaccines have saved ...

Vote on Tuesday – if you can

The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan is notorious for having written in November 2012 that she believed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was going to win the election based on the number of yard signs she had seen and “vibes.” It turned out, however, that the ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Austin Murphy, the former congressman and state legislator, died last weekend at the age of 96, and as a remembrance that appeared in the ĢƵ noted, his time in the public eye was noteworthy for both accomplishment and controversy. By the time Murphy, a Democrat, won a ...