Ted Cruz likes to talk. In fact, nobody likes to hear Ted Cruz talk more than Ted Cruz. The loquacious Republican Senator from Texas, though, appears to have talked himself completely out of favor -- especially among members of his own party.In case you've just returned from vacation in ...
There are far more important stories than the one I鈥檓 about to discuss.Oh, I know there鈥檚 bound to be a chest-thumping political debate that follows that senseless attack in Washington last week. It seems that hardly any news worthy of extended cable news coverage, these days, can exist ...
鈥淔ayette Man Featured on Collier鈥檚 Front Cover,鈥� was a headline on the front page of the Uniontown Evening Standard 70 years ago this week.Collier鈥檚, a competitor of The Saturday Evening Post, had chosen to feature two Fayette County natives in 1943.An illustration depicting Sgt. Edward ...
It was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Evening Standard on Sept. 9, 1943 (70 years ago, today), that allied forces were in the midst of toppling the regime of Italy鈥檚 Benito Mussolini. The Italian government had announced its unconditional surrender. It was reported as American ...
I get a snicker every time I hear somebody talk about how 鈥渓iberal鈥� California is. That鈥檚 the same state that gave us such notable 鈥渓iberals鈥� as Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and that current White House irritant, Darrell Issa.It鈥檚 the state that became the first in the country to ...
In September 1928, 50,000 people were expected to 鈥渋nvade Uniontown鈥� for the Junior Order of United American Mechanics parade. The Sept. 12, 1928, edition of the Uniontown Daily News Standard reported that there would be as many as 10,000 marchers who would take part in the event, which ...