If democratic politics is the means by which individuals are empowered to govern, then we are in a very bad way, especially when it comes to the state senate.This time last year there was the sorry spectacle of the Pat Stefano-Deberah Kula race, in which the chief issues seemed to be whether or ...
鈥淭here is such a difference between everything you鈥檙e hearing here on this stage and what we hear from the Republicans.鈥滺illary Clinton, at last week鈥檚 Democratic Presidential debateWhile Hillary Clinton wiped the floor with her fellow Democratic presidential candidates at last ...
If I were a member of the umpire鈥檚 union, I鈥檇 be lobbying hard for a rule barring the facsimile strike zone that is now a part of every televised baseball game from ever being shown again.It demonstrates just how challenged major league umpires are in getting ball-and-strike calls right.As ...
On the first day of October, something happened in the United States that鈥檚 happening more-and-more frequently -- a mass shooting took place.During the first 275 days of 2015, there have been 294 mass (four people or more) shootings that have resulted in the tragic deaths of 380 people.The ...
In July 1884, a Connellsville newspaper reporter strolled over to one of the train stations in town to watch as some recent immigrants began the long journey back to their villages and farms in the Old World.Later, the reporter spoke with J.S. McCaleb, a bank cashier and maybe the one person in ...
Republicans in Congress have serious problems.They鈥檙e called Republicans!They鈥檇 taken complete control of the U.S. House with a stunning victory in the 2010 mid-term elections.Thanks to the growing influence of the tea party, it was thought that Republicans would finally be able to thwart ...