“The first Kennedy-Nixon debate: the McKeesport Junto of 1947” by Dale A. Herbeck & Sara A. Mehltretter Drury [ Pages 163-180 | Received 09 May…
Hands-Off Pittsburgh Protest
I’ve never participated in a political protest before, but I must admit, this felt like a pretty good first one to attend… Hands-Off was a nationwide, grass-roots…
Thoughts… on writing
(what I hear myself think!) [This page is meant to be dynamic, updating regularly as I add the new thoughts that I hope to explore…
America’s Damn Red-Blue Election Map
As the younger among us so aptly say, WTF???!!! Hollywood couldn’t cast it or imagineer it any better… PT Barnum couldn’t have identified our country’s…
Sorry
For a while in my life, I fooled myself into thinking I was helping to make the world a better place. For me, my wife,…
Listening to ghosts
I try to walk every day. It’s a healthy habit I’ve attempted to stick to my whole adult life. (I think it started when I…
What really matters (and why do bots hate “really”?)
Saw this response in the NYT today… it was posted in response to the Gail Collins & Bret Stephens weekly “conversation” column. I too commented…
Random thought…
OK, I’m paying for a website… what do I want to do with it? There was a time when I thought I had a lot…
Why Pittsburgheze?
Pittsburgh is a funny place. Whether it’s our unique dialect (colloquially known as Pittsburgheze), our unflinching loyalty, or our desperate attempt to hold onto everything…