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We’ve been here before

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Sitting in the Fairmont City Council work sessions last week, I had feelings of Deja Vu. Haven’t we been here before? Are we not repeating conversations that have already taken place? With the roughly $12 million in Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) that council has available, it’s looking to spend about $10 million on an all seasons rec center. It was first referred to as a community building and then settled on as all seasons rec center. It was largely agreed upon not to call it a community center as there are sore feelings associated with that exact phrase. Call it what you want, ...

Talking ourselves into failure

Columns

There are a couple of stories that seem unrelated but are very related. They show the story of a country that used to build things and has decided, without ever quite admitting it, that building is too hard. Start with the missiles. Rep. Mike Turner was on television last week talking about ...

The normalcy of American wars

Columns

The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory. When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not state a coherent or lawful reason for doing so. His director of national intelligence and ...

Why are Muslim American politicians uniformly Democrats?

Columns

Muslim Americans are increasingly getting involved in American politics. Most prominent are members of Congress Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Andre Carson (D-Ind.), and Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.). Most prominent among several mayors is Democrat Zohran Mamdani in New York ...

Choosing a mate

Columns

Over the years I have learned that one of the biggest life-changing choices a person can make is who they choose as a mate. The results can range from dream come true, to nightmare. It can be a happy life ever after, or after a year or two you realize that you are married to someone you ...

Five lessons learned from the Fauci fiasco

Columns

COVID-19 was a traumatic experience for our families, small businesses, schools and country. Understandably, people don't like thinking or talking about it. But we must. We now know, thanks to Sen. Rand Paul's doggedness and Anthony Fauci's supreme arrogance that he freely expresses in his ...