It is both tragic and common that genius might be accompanied by self-destruction.Robin Williams was a troubled soul long before he committed suicide last week. His battle with demons were well-documented.Williams was a force of nature; an original, whose peers marveled at his ability to draw ...
Fifty-five years ago this August a Uniontown team won a national championship. Not since 1927, when Uniontown High School won a mythical national championship in basketball, had a local team reached so high.No city, county or regional team has done as well since.This team of note was sponsored ...
"People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."President Richard Nixon, Nov. 17, 1973Richard Nixon may not have been a crook, but he was something far worse 鈥� a scoundrel.His presidential accomplishments were significant.Nixon normalized relations ...
鈥淓NGLAND AND GERMANY NOW FORMALLY AT WAR,鈥� read the bold headline on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald on Aug. 5, 1914.While the hostilities that marked the official start of WWI had taken place on July 28th, the news that England had declared war on Germany was an indication ...
This week I鈥檝e decided to put politics aside in favor of my usual mid-to-late summer assessment of the Pittsburgh Pirates.Yep! They鈥檙e back in the thick o鈥� things. It鈥檚 getting to the point where that鈥檚 nothing new.The Pirates have managed to keep things interesting going into the ...
Ask any Republican and they鈥檒l tell you there鈥檚 only been one perfect president in the history of the Republic 鈥� Ronald Reagan.That St. Ronnie never raised taxes 鈥� except when he did in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987.They鈥檒l try to convince you that Reagan would鈥檝e never given ...