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Dunkirk baseball a winner on, off field

I grew up with baseball. My brothers and cousins played Little League and Babe Ruth together on the same teams. This is how I learned the game of baseball and came to know Frank Jagoda. As fate would have it, he was on the same teams in both leagues as well. There was never a time I wasn’t watching a game. I watched Babe Ruth games until I didn’t know anyone playing in the league. I was also a freshman in high school watching the high school varsity team. I knew some players, but this team was all upperclassmen with Frank playing his last year of high school ball. Fast ...

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Dallas Morning News: Trump Must See Standing With Ukraine Protects Democracy In a recent talk in Dallas, the former world chess champion turned democracy activist Garry Kasparov asked the audience to try to think of a single time President Donald Trump stood up to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin — to try to name any instance when Putin didn’t get what he wanted while Trump folded American, and democratic, interests. Is it any surprise then that Putin, once again, appears to be getting exactly what he wants, a brutal escalation of his murderous attack on Ukraine with naught but a ...

Nation has its fill of ‘think tanks’

It might be the 24-7 news cycle that’s the problem, but after a constant bombardment of news of wars, epidemics, deficits, trade wars, possible economic downturns, and naturally climate change I awoke one morning recently and asked myself, “How can we be having all these problems when we have ‘think tanks’ thinking about these and other issues?” Now, I know think tanks are not intellectual monasteries with scholars sitting in rooms thinking great thoughts and to tell the truth I have never given them much consideration until now. So, I did a little research. I found that ...

Delights of the old stomping grounds

This New England trip has definitely been adventuresome, eye opening, and fun. I’m writing from Lexington, Mass., home of the Minute Man, home of “the shot heard around the world,” home of my daughter and her family. My itinerary was packed: My grandson’s birthday dinner and his Spring Concert with a Boston area youth symphony. An afternoon visit with old friends and a weekend trip to Maine with really old friends. Our day trip to decorate the family graves along with a traditional stop for seafood at Plymouth harbor. An adventure-packed flick in a fancy cinema plus some ...

‘Beautiful’ result is mean spirited

By GAVIN MacFADYEN There is much debate and speculation on the potential effect of President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on the complex web that is the economy of the United States. Having narrowly passed in the House it now moves to the Senate for consideration. What should be most disturbing to all however is the bill’s fundamental mean-spiritedness – specifically as it relates to Medicaid and SNAP benefits – what used to be called ‘food stamps.’ To target those individuals in our society who are already experiencing an already precarious hand-to-mouth existence - ...

Are we a government of one?

To be honest, I have been dismayed recently by the actions of both political parties in what I would call a surrendering of our country to a “government of one.” Starting first with the Democrats, it is clear that in deference to the desires of a former President—they deferred into looking more closely at the ability of Joe Biden to run again for that office. It is now clear that there were many warning signs prior to Biden’s failed debate performance last June, and that he should not have been the presumptive Democratic nominee for President. Because of the power of the ...