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Strike unites would-be antagonists

Down Alabama way, a coal miners鈥 strike, now in its fourth month, echoes strikes in the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania in the 20th century.It鈥檚 eerie, and sad. Strangely, it鈥檚 also hopeful.The strike by 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers at the Warrior Met coal mine in ...

The Great Owens Family Mask Mandate

I came here today to discuss 鈥淭he Great Owens Family Mask Mandate of 2021.鈥滻t is as follows: You must be wearing a mask when you knock on the Owens family door on Oct. 31. PERIOD. Full stop.I don鈥檛 care if you鈥檙e dressed as Spiderman, Superman, a Witch, or Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz ...

The hard choices presidents make

President Biden鈥檚 meeting with the families of the 13 service members killed by ISIS-K terrorists at the Kabul airport during the recent airlifts out of Afghanistan was difficult, we are told.鈥淒on鈥檛 forget that name,鈥 said the father of one of the young Marines who died in the car ...

Just a jab away?

He should have known better.Our most recent ex-president flew into the belly of the anti-vaxxer beast 鈥 Alabama 鈥 and he let the folks down there know he鈥檚 gotten a jab or two.鈥淚 recommend, take the vaccines. I did it. It鈥檚 good. Take the vaccines,鈥 Mr. Trump announced during a ...

The Plaza, or hanging with George

It鈥檚 too bad George Marshall never became president of the United States. If he had, Uniontown today might have a presidential library. Tourists (and scholars) would be knocking themselves silly to get here, clogging the sidewalks, spending money.Alas, Marshall was never commander-in-chief. ...

Bailey Park: The reality and the dream

It was a cloudy, rainy day.Under the sheltering roof of the city pavilion that sits not far from Pennsylvania Avenue, Mayor Bill Gerke gestured in appreciation toward Mark John - otherwise known as Mookie - who has been placed in charge of engineering what would be a remarkable turn around: the ...