A western Pennsylvania newspaper that shall not be named ran a photograph the other day of the left field stands at a packed PNC Park. It was a night game, maybe a July night, the kind of luxurious night that bathes you in warmth. The kind of night you wish would never end.Fans were on their ...
Perception can be everything.In the case of J.V. Thompson, the wealthy Uniontown banker and dealer in coal lands in the early years of the 20th century, it was his perception - his argument 鈥� that H. C. Frick was out to ruin him.Frick鈥檚 largely mythical role in Thompson鈥檚 downfall was ...
Equating the struggle to overcome the coronavirus to a war for national survival seems like a thing of the past 鈥� a distant past. Apparently, President Trump no longer views himself as a wartime commander-in-chief.The coronavirus war is practically won. Call out the Blue Angels for a national ...
At the worst, most extreme of times, defining what is selfish and unselfish politics is at the heart of the democratic struggle.We seem to be at such a point now.What do you call it when governors want to keep their economies closed and businesses shuttered, with workers shunted to the ...
When this is over, Americans will have themselves to thank for the mitigation of the coronavirus.Yes, thank goodness for Doctors Fauci and Birx and, to a greater or lesser extent, Vice President Pence, and to all those conscientious governors, Democrats and Republicans. They have served us ...
During these sad pandemic days, Americans are reading and watching more news, though their long-standing opinion of newspapers and TV news has not changed. According to the latest Gallup poll, 36 percent are favorably disposed toward the media while 48 percent are not.What continues to drive ...