I keep hearing Republicans are going to annihilate Democrats come November.Will they?First, there are lots of Republican candidates who’re still clinging to Donald Trump’s “Big Lie.”If you still don’t know what Trump’s “Big Lie” is, I can’t help you.Let’s 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 “dean” of the state’s congressional delegation. ...
I’m already thinking about 2024.That’s because it’s 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’s frightening – 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’ve often questioned why we use phrases like "jump in the shower" when nobody jumps into showers.Likewise, I’ve never known anybody who truly "hops out of bed."I’ve ...
The jig is up. I don’t know everything. To prove it, three stories from last week left me scratching my head. (At least three. There may have been more. In the age of social media and everyone’s-a-reporter, it’s impossible to read everything.)The first involved of all people Josh Hawley, ...
