You could write a book about Donald Trump鈥檚 antic-filled presidency, and Mark Esper has.Esper, a native of Uniontown who served as Trump鈥檚 secretary of defense for 18 torturous months, writes in his book, 鈥淎 Sacred Oath,鈥� that only his training at West Point (which followed his ...
Mark Esper has a new book out.Nope!I haven鈥檛 read it.Nor will I.I already know the juiciest parts.I鈥檝e paid close attention to a number of Mr. Esper鈥檚 seemingly endless appearances on national TV to hawk his new tome.He鈥檚 getting pretty good at it, too.He emphatically answers the ...
In the contest for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate the temper of the times points to John Fetterman, which is not to say that his chief rival, Conor Lamb, can or should be dismissed.In November against a Republican opponent, Lamb, a suburban Pittsburgh congressman with a record of ...
I grew up in a world of ubiquitous corner stores 鈥� forever beckoning me to spend my pocket change on penny candy, and stuff.That鈥檚 how it was. I鈥檝e never regretted it.On the East End of Uniontown in the 1950s, there must鈥檝e been a dozen family-owned stores.I think I visited all of them, ...
Campaign themes are frequently fragile things that shatter the moment they encounter reality.I鈥檓 thinking of the Eisenhower-Nixon 鈥渕issile gap鈥� falsely promoted by John Kennedy in 1960. Then there was the matter of a convicted murderer being handed a get out of jail card by Massachusetts ...
It鈥檚 as if Donald Trump never left the presidency.He still holds those exuberant campaign rallies with a not-too-carefully concealed eye on an attempted return to the White House.And he still holds court by becoming quite the kingmaker.Something for which he seems to be well-suited.Many ...
