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Did local doctor help Lincoln?

Smith Fuller was a Uniontown doctor and politician who may have pulled off the greatest coup in the history of party conventions. Then again, his claim about the convention may have been an attempt to get one over on the president-elect of the United States.If the latter is the case, he was ...

Trump off target as usual

It鈥檚 all about 鈥渢he issues.鈥漇upposedly.That鈥檚 the go-to response by Donald Trump鈥檚 merry band of campaign apologists every time he shoots off his mouth.鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to make this about personalities. It鈥檚 not about personalities. This is about something that is much bigger than ...

Civilians play an important role in country

There鈥檚 a tendency in the country to overvalue military service and to undervalue the civilian side of things. It would help if things were in better balance.In saying this I鈥檓 not being unappreciative of the sacrifices that are made on our behalf by the men and women of the military. I鈥檓 ...

Trump keeps digging hole for himself

The world was greeted with the tragic news that many people had been brutally murdered at an Orlando, Florida nightclub on June 12.Millions of Americans looked on in horror as reporters tried to piece together the limited information that first trickled out.These kinds of news stories always ...

Frick donation still with us today

H.C. Frick is not known as a benefactor when it comes to Fayette County. Nearly a hundred years after his death, the mines he once owned continue to spill toxins into county streams.Frick鈥檚 hostility to the trade union movement was titanic, the residue of which continues to resonate.In short, ...

The saga of Trump鈥檚 human pretzels

Donald Trump ignited his most recent outcry all by himself. He voluntarily invoked the ongoing civil fraud cases against Trump University at a campaign rally in San Diego on May 27th.According to Trump, the U.S. District Court Judge hearing the cases, Gonzalo Curiel, is a 鈥渉ater,鈥 who just ...