Politics is the only profession of which I am aware in which competence doesn't seem to matter. One can fail miserably; one can be corrupt and one can get away with crimes that if committed by someone outside of elective office, arrest, prosecution and a stint in jail would be the result. Yet ...
In light of my recent Substack post about Trump's plans for a Trump rally on the mall to celebrate the start of America's 250th birthday festivities — designed, in his words, for "patriots" and promising to be "wild" — several of you wanted to know more about how it's being planned and ...
On May 25, Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence." This pastoral letter has been much anticipated by the Catholic Church, and immediate news headlines expressed intrigue that the pope addressed ...
First, what is a crowd? The Google definition of a crowd is a large number of people gathered together in close proximity, sharing a common purpose, interest or space. The crowd can be disorderly. The group is more important than any particular member of the group. The collection of ...
An added agenda item on Tuesday night’s Fairmont City Council meeting agenda ended up being a 45 minute back and forth between council members and staff. This wasn’t the first time there’s been a heated sort of “he said, she said” discussion between the groups at a council meeting, and it probably won’t be the last. The discussion stemmed from an email sent out last week about the purchase of a Vactor truck (sewer cleaner) and whether the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) had the authority to approve of the purchase. Also, it’s important to note that the truck was ...
Conservation and Public Safety Align When Dangerous Dams Are Removed I stood on the riverbank in Milltown, Indiana, with Allen Pursell of the Sam Shine Foundation. We watched young people fishing on either side of the low-head dam on Blue River. May 31 is National Dam Safety Awareness Day, ...
