Where does Guy Reschenthaler, the congressman, spend the bulk of his time? You would be on pretty solid ground if you answered, 鈥淣ot in Fayette County.鈥滻n fact, it seems Reschenthaler, in office since 2019, spends little if any time in the county on official business. 鈥淚鈥檝e never met ...
I keep hearing Republicans are going to annihilate Democrats come November.Will they?First, there are lots of Republican candidates who鈥檙e still clinging to Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥淏ig Lie.鈥滻f you still don鈥檛 know what Trump鈥檚 鈥淏ig Lie鈥� is, I can鈥檛 help you.Let鈥檚 just say it has ...
I spent a recent afternoon at the University of Pittsburgh archives looking at the papers of John P. Murtha, the late congressman who at one time represented Fayette County on Capitol Hill.At his death in 2010, the Johnstown Democrat was the 鈥渄ean鈥� of the state鈥檚 congressional delegation. ...
I鈥檓 already thinking about 2024.That鈥檚 because it鈥檚 gonna be loaded with the kinds of bare-knuckled, political drama well worth writing about.Donald Trump may or may not be on the ballot for president.Joe Biden? Who knows?In the meantime, the road leading up to the 2024 presidential ...
Is this a slippery slope, or has the Fayette County Elections Board already tumbled into voter suppression and democracy denialism?Whatever the case may be, it鈥檚 frightening 鈥� frightening in and of itself and frightening for what it could mean for the elections for governor and U.S. Senate ...
From time to time, I just stop; then take note of our wonderfully confounding English language.Today is one of those times.I鈥檝e often questioned why we use phrases like "jump in the shower" when nobody jumps into showers.Likewise, I鈥檝e never known anybody who truly "hops out of bed."I鈥檝e ...
