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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 ...

Surgeon General diagnoses a society with too much loneliness

Back in 1966, the Beatles asked in “Eleanor Rigby” where all the lonely people came from and where they all belong.Fifty-seven years later, the question remains just as pertinent and, in the estimation of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, even more urgent.According to a report released ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> In 2020, Washington County Prothonotary Laura Hough was allowed to use the LexisNexis database so she could send civil court documents, but Hough is accused of using the database for searches “beyond the scope of its official purpose,” as ...

OP-ED: Thinking like a hacker can yield benefits for managers

As a young kid, when challenges arose, I often found myself looking at them in MacGyver-like ways.What was the problem? What were the available resources? Was there a shortcut? Was there a better way to get it done? Now that I’m older, itĢƵ clear to me that my brain was doing system ...

OP-ED: How comment section trolls took over the Republican Party

Is the GOP becoming a dysfunctional chatroom?In economics, GreshamĢƵ law on currency markets holds that “bad money drives out good.” That same principle also applies to the comment sections on online sites.In comments sections – including such mega-versions like Twitter – the nastiest ...