Recently, Rep. Guy Reschenthaler proposed renaming Dulles Airport in Washington, D.C., the Donald J. Trump Airport. Usually things are named for someone after a consensus has been reached concerning whether his legacy to a community or the nation has been generally good. Trump, being in court and facing 88 felony
Dumping negative political ads a smart move I wholeheartedly approve of the Tribune-Review’s recent decision to restrict negative political ads (“Why Trib Total Media is nixing negative political ads,” Nov. 27, TribLIVE). The adjective-laden, hyperbolic diatribes really served no good purpose other than to reduce political discourse to a series
I wholeheartedly approve of the Tribune-Review’s recent decision to restrict negative political ads (“Why Trib Total Media is nixing negative political ads,” Nov. 27, TribLIVE). The adjective-laden, hyperbolic diatribes really served no good purpose other than to reduce political discourse to a series of schoolyard taunts. I also found it
Missing the real Republican Party As a lifelong Democrat, I never thought I’d say this, but I miss the Republican Party. It seems that most Republicans have transmogrified into Trumplicans. Some against their will, I assume. Trumplicans are in full campaign mode all the time, pointing out what they see
In the early 1980s, I purchased a 12-gauge shotgun at Sears in the Westmoreland Mall, and I walked through the mall to carry it out to my car. Unthinkable today, as society’s views on weapons have changed in the last decades. In reflecting on those changing societal views, I think