The UAW’s strike against General Motors continues with no end in sight. This has made me briefly relevant, so here are a few thoughts. First, something that has nothing to do with me. The great
This is the grave of Calvin Coolidge. Born in 1872 in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Coolidge’s mind never extended beyond the limited views of a small northern New England valley. One of the most dep
These have not been great days for the United Auto Workers. The recent closing of several GM plants, including the iconic Lordstown plant, is basically the end of industrial unionism in America. There
Cokie Roberts is dead. I take no particular joy in her passing. But she was terrible, a walking symbol of Beltway journalism with its extremely limited willingness to admit that anything like a left e
This is the grave of Phil Kearny. Born in 1815 in New York to a pretty wealthy family (his grandfather had been a royal official in New York at the start of the American Revolution and his father was
Cars frontman Ric Ocasek is no more. I once knew someone who had been to a party at Ocasek’s house. She told me he had blacklight in his bathrooms. Share
This is the grave of William Rogers. Born in 1913 in Norfolk, New York, Rogers was raised by his grandparents after his mother died when he was a child. He went to Colgate University where he was in t
When you’re right, you’re right. First daughter Ivanka Trump credits her father with teaching her the importance of good morals, Politico reported. During a fundraiser event in Jackson Hol