Of all the deaths that took place in 2021 perhaps none was more unexpected and consequential than Richard Trumka鈥檚, the Greene County native and president of organized labor鈥檚 the AFL-CIO.Trumka was 72 when he suffered a fatal heart attack in August on an outing with his family. A cousin, ...
The new year is but a few hours old, and fortunately, none of Donald Trump鈥檚 minions have stormed the U.S. Capitol.So far, so good.I can鈥檛 assure you there won鈥檛 be 鈥淚nsurrection 2022.鈥漈hose folks are still convinced Joe Biden thrust himself into the Oval Office by less than legal ...
As far as I can tell, the number of Republicans against democracy serving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly remains the same as a year ago.You will recall that a month prior to the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, 64 House and Senate Republicans wrote their infamous letter requesting that the ...
January was the most chaotic month of the year.Six days into the new year, we came as close to a violent overthrow of the U.S government as has happened since the Civil War.January 6th was to have been the day when the newly elected president was given the official affirmation of his victory at ...
A few weeks after Christmas late in the 1930s, the president of the United States addressed himself to the problems attendant to 鈥渕aintaining the morals of democracy.鈥滻t was not the first, and it wouldn鈥檛 be the last time, that Franklin Roosevelt spoke of civic virtue. He pretty regularly ...
Mark Meadows was Donald Trump鈥檚 fourth chief of staff.His job?While Trump ran his mouth, Meadows ran the White House.He now has the unenviable task of running through a legal minefield, while trying to avoid getting out of the good graces of his former boss.So far, he鈥檚 losing on both ...
