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It’s always great to stroll down memory lane

On the back of the photo are the words, 鈥淭he gang on the way to play ball.鈥漈he picture is an entirely candid one, which is rare, since the vast majority of photos are posed. Only one boy, his face turned to the camera, seems to know he and his buddies are being captured on film.The point is ...

Republicans put the country to sleep

Early last Thursday morning I awoke from a nightmare in a panic.I dreamed that CNN鈥檚 Jake Tapper was asking each Republican presidential debater what breakfast cereal they fancied.鈥淎ll of them,鈥 replied Dr. Ben Carson.鈥淐ap鈥檔 Crunch,鈥 said the ever war-minded Ted Cruz.Fortunately, it ...

GOP fighting another losing battle

鈥淭his Iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic. It is the single greatest security threat facing America. And if this deal goes through, we know to an absolute certainty 鈥 PEOPLE WILL DIE鈥漈ed Cruz at a Capitol Hill rally against the Iran Nuclear deal on Sept. 9th.We鈥檙e All Gonna DieFighting ...

This is what’s wrong with America

Just about all you need to know about the country in the year 2015 can be boiled down to this: Alek Skarlatos and his presence on this season鈥檚 鈥淒ancing With The Stars鈥欌 television show.Skarlatos is one of three young Americans who subdued a terrorist on a French train in late August, ...

We need to develop Route 51

Those rooting for more jobs and more development in Fayette County might well root for the same in southern Allegheny County.Specifically, they should hope that the Route 51 corridor catches up with regions north, east, and west of Pittsburgh. Development in those locales have helped ...

He’s biting the brand that feeds him

There鈥檚 hardly a day that passes when 鈥淭he Donald鈥 doesn鈥檛 get into a spat with somebody.Last Tuesday, for instance, he managed to try to pick verbal fights with more than a half dozen people.He tweets a lot.He tweets insults a lot.He managed to 鈥渁ccuse鈥 his Republican presidential ...