100-year-old WWII veteran runs in Penn Relays

A 100-year-old runner from New Jersey had spectators in a packed arena standing on their feet as he raced against eight other senior athletes. Lester Wright, of Long Branch, celebrated his 100th occasions with a 100-meter dash at Penn Relays – the nation’s oldest track and field competition, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia. Wright, who…

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Lawmakers behaving badly

Congress is kind of like a Shakespearean play. There are political leaders who struggle for power. King Lear. Claudius in “Hamlet.” Duke Frederick in “As You Like It.” Heroes like Othello and Hamlet. Sages like Friar Laurence in “Romeo and Juliet.” And Shakespeare often employed a court jester or comic to speak truth to power….

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