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Why are we getting bombarded with some TV ads?

It’s that time again. Super Bowl 58, er LVIII is heading our way. That means those of us who’ll watch that big (overhyped) event will get treated to some spectacular TV spots costing advertisers an estimated $7 million per 30-second ad. I hope I don’t disappoint you when I tell you ...

Excuse this beating of a dead horse

You've heard - or read - this before: South Union Township and the city of Uniontown should get together to develop, eh, redevelop, Bailey Park. That is, greater Bailey Park. What is "greater Bailey Park?" That would be Bailey Park plus the fabulous new indoor soccer facility which South Union ...

Be careful who you quote. It might come back and haunt you

Now that Ron DeSantis has failed miserably at trying to out-Trump Trump, he’s back in Florida, where he can continue to do battle with Mickey Mouse. He’s still punching above his weight class. That won’t keep him in the headlines the way it did when he had his eye on the White House. ...

Rabid versus patriotic partisanship

Talking with a friend recently about the 1940 presidential campaign - the same campaign I wrote about two weeks ago in this space - the campaign that pitted the incumbent president, Democrat Franklin Roosevelt, against the Republican challenger, Wendell Willkie - it occurred to me that I had ...

The Republican presidential campaign is in full swing or low swing?

After Vivek Ramaswamy ended his run for the presidency last week, I felt a twinge of regret. For me, it had been a source of amusement watching how his popularity plummeted in inverse proportion to the amount of exposure he got. The more people saw him, the less people seemed to like ...

Explaining Trump’s GOP, sort of

If somehow we regain our equilibrium, whenever that may be, people will be asking, and historians will be exploring the question, "What was up with those folks?" What indeed! An Iowan named Patricia, eager to cast a vote for Donald Trump in that state's recent presidential caucus, told a New ...