Donald Trump is not your usual politician, and unfortunately that is not a compliment. Politicians speak a lot in public and sometimes make mistakes or purposefully spin the truth, so there will be times when a politician says things that are not true. But most politicians, when caught ...
As the 13th-century Italian poet and philosopher Dante Alighieri ("Dante") once wrote, “From a little spark may burst a flame.” We are here at a time when we have access to every piece of information ever compiled. We hold our electronic devices that beam transmissions into outer space ...
In 1956, John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator from Massachusetts, published “Profiles in Courage,” a landmark book on the American political class that would win the Pulitzer Prize. The book profiled eight Americans who placed courage and integrity above winning votes or retaining ...
Donald Trump's campaign for president plunged deep into the heart of the Mon Valley last week. Appearing at Ed Fry Arena, the basketball home of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks, Trump once again took aim at a population of legal Haitian migrants. Weeks before descending ...
Dave Ball continues to live in a fantasy world as demonstrated by his latest essay, "Kamala Harris got trounced in the debate", which appeared last Tuesday. Ball fondly looks back upon the economy of Donald Trump, which he states featured "low inflation, people had money to spend, savings ...
When our friends floated the idea of an end-of-summer getaway to the Shenandoah Valley, we immediately agreed. On a beautiful week following Labor Day, it was time to get reacquainted with this rustic, historical part of Virginia. The other couple had access to a condominium in the ...
