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Slavery and the hope for freedom

It must have been a happy occasion that at times was tinged with apprehension and even dread.Three of Alex and Evalina Greene’s seven children were visiting their parents’ home on South Street in Uniontown. And though it’s uncertain how long they stayed, we do know when their visit came ...

Oh, what a tangled web we weave

George Santos tells whoppers.That would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.The 34-year-old Republican is about to become a brand-new U.S. congressman from New York’s Third Congressional District.Unfortunately, he’s already carrying a lot of baggage.Santos has difficulty proving that anything in ...

The departed and things they said

Kathy Whitworth died last week. She was 83 and dropped dead at a holiday party, apparently a festive affair. It was said she was her usual self moments before she died: convivial, happy, looking ahead.Whitworth was professional golf’s winningest player, with 88 tournament championships. Asked ...

Christmas Day: For heart and home

Christmas 2022. The first Christmas I remember for sure was 1956. I was 8. There must have been earlier Christmases I recall, but these are indistinct. They are all jumbled together in my head. Christmas ’56 was the real deal. I remember lying in bed on Christmas Eve and shaking with ...

Party of the apes?

I have no idea why our disgraced, twice impeached, one-term, insurrectionist ex-president still maintains he won the 2020 presidential election.I’m not the only one.By happenstance, I caught an interview with that renowned primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall a few days ago.Just in ...

Leaders and led and a special bond

As efforts to reach a settlement with the H.C. Frick Coal and Coke on union recognition stalled out, a group of local miners requested a meeting with the president of the United States.The miners wanted to explain to none other than Franklin Roosevelt their opposition to returning to work ...