When, chest puffed out with pride, my father told a law partner his first-born was accepted to Bryn Mawr College, this was the immediate response: “Isn’t that the place where they don’t shave their underarms and dance naked around the Maypole?”DaddyĢƵ friend had it partly right: We ...
For eight years, the racist fascists in America have said, “We want our country back.” A country led by a white man is what they meant.As I watched President Obama and President-elect Trump, sitting together and each pretending they were willing to work with each other for the good of the ...
I read in the papers that many on our college campuses are unhappy over the failure of Hillary ClintonĢƵ presidential bid.Which prompts this observer to ask – what can I do to help these students find happiness? Do they even have any idea what true happiness consists of?Happiness is not ...
Well, don’t look now, but thereĢƵ another election right around the corner.Candidates for the 2017 Primary Election will be able to start circulating their nominating petitions on Feb. 14. ThatĢƵ about 10 weeks from now, and it will be here before you know it.Luckily, this election should ...
Thank God for Thanksgiving. We can all use some time for rest and reflection after one of the most bitter presidential elections in the history of the country and before the madness of the holiday shopping season officially kicks off tomorrow.Many local residents, no doubt, are thankful that ...
As the recent election cycle demonstrated, American politics is beset with a number of polarizing issues. Among the most obvious has been the debate over coal.Where Hillary Clinton favored renewable energy at the expense of the coal industry, Donald Trump has promised to launch a coal ...