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GOP won’t give any kudos to Obama

Have you heard the news? Obamacare has been replaced by something called The Affordable Care Act.Thanks to their exuberant disinclination to willingly accept anything with President Obama鈥檚 name attached to it, Republicans are having to go back to their 鈥渄oomsday鈥 drawing boards.The word ...

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It鈥檚 April Fool鈥檚 Day Eve.I sure hope you have that bird in the oven, and your finest April Fool鈥檚 Day attire laid out for the frivolity that comes each year on April 1.Of course, I鈥檓 not being entirely serious.April Fool鈥檚 Day doesn鈥檛 exactly rank up there in annual importance with ...

It’s finally time to play ball!

Last Oct. 9, I was among the least unhappy baseball fans in America. I was far from happy -- just not unhappy.The Pittsburgh Pirates had just done their best impersonation of a juggernaut, and they may have gotten away with it if it hadn鈥檛 been for those fellas out in St. Louis. Not that ...

GOP politicians still don’t get it

It was an anniversary that passed with hardly a peep. Last week marked one year since Republicans unveiled that 100-page report they called the 鈥淕rowth and Opportunity Project.鈥 Sigh!It was considered an 鈥渁utopsy鈥 of the GOP鈥檚 dwindling support among women, African-Americans, Asians, ...

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This is a rare occurrence. I鈥檝e actually found some high personal praise for me in an old copy of the Uniontown Morning Herald. Well, not exactly praise just for me.I was a member of the vaunted Uniontown Joint Senior High School, Red Raider band that had traveled to Harrisburg鈥檚 Farm Show ...

Republicans cling to old attacks

We鈥檝e got to start talking about what we鈥檙e for, and not what we鈥檙e against.Our ideas are better than their ideas. And that鈥檚 what we have to stand up for.Gov. Chris Christie (GOP-New Jersey) 鈥 at CPAC 2014Chris Christie is on to something.Or maybe he isn鈥檛.The beleaguered governor ...