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What’s the thing we are not seein

In late May 1930, O’Neil Kennedy made his way from his office at the corner of Pittsburgh and Peter streets to a platform several blocks away, on Church Street, for a ceremony marking the start of construction on a new Bell Telephone building in Uniontown.(The building is still there, across ...

Of french fries, boycotts and cat bans!

Take that!We sure showed the French that we Americans were nothing to mess with back in 2003.When President George Bush was revving up the U.S. war machine and aiming it directly at Saddam Hussein’s Iraq back then, France demurred.French Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin ...

Partners: John Murtha and G.H.W Bush

Longtime lawmaker John Murtha was an important foreign policy figure in Washington. The Johnstown congressman, who died 12 years ago at the age of 77, was a force to be reckoned with, even by presidents.A Democrat who at one time or another represented Fayette and portions of Washington County, ...

A time for misinformation and disinformation

The United States of America is not at war.Not now.Yet.Unless, of course, you count those ever-persistent political skirmishes.That never stops.There are no American troops on the ground in Ukraine.You wouldn’t know that if you only listened to some of the crowing that’s going on these ...

Listening in to state Rep. Dowling

Yours truly poked his ear into a “telephone town hall” the other evening featuring Uniontown’s representative in the Pennsylvania House, Matthew Dowling, a Republican.Dowling, who was in a serious vehicle accident in October 2021, sounded in fine voice. How he felt he didn’t say. Even ...

Tucker’s dilemma

Most Americans couldn’t care less what Vladimir Putin thinks about them.Not Tucker Carlson.He’s a TV star in Moscow.That’s ‘cause he’s considered to be America’s voice of reason over there.He was featured at least four times in one week on Russia’s TV screens, peddling his ...