The Civil War divided the nation. It also divided families, including the family of President Abraham Lincoln.The family of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was no exception. Stonewall and a beloved sister, both of whom grew up an hour鈥檚 drive south of us in Clarksburg, W.Va., found ...
Back in late May of 1980, I moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where I was about to begin work as a reporter for the NBC affiliated TV station.Before I officially reported for duty, I had a little time on my hands.So, I decided to fight the 100+ degree heat, and stand online (for two solid hours) at a ...
Several years ago, when it was proposed that the World War I soldier statue at Five-Corners in Uniontown be replaced with one of George C. Marshall, the idea encountered strong opposition, principally from the World War II veterans who belonged to and ran VFW Post 47, across the street from ...
"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me (us) into!"Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel in 17 Laurel & Hardy comedies from 1929-51In March of 2013, the Republican National Committee released its 100 page 鈥淕rowth and Opportunity Project.鈥漌hat a document.It was really an autopsy ...
<em>"We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College."</em><em>President-elect Donald J. Trump in a Tweet on December 11, 2016</em>The President of the United States must certainly suffer from serious shoulder ...
So let鈥檚 go back, say, to the late 鈥�20s and early 鈥�30s. The issue was then a worsening recession rapidly sliding into depression. As it turned out, this was the Great Depression, the recession on steroids that refused to die.Few people sensed, in 1929-30, just how bad things were. The ...