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, ...
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 ...
Mondays after Easter Sundays were always special to me when I was a kid.That meant if there were any playgrounds or empty fields within scurrying distance, they鈥檇 soon be populated by after-school kids indefatigably engaged in all manner of exuberant activities.Allow me to unravel that. ...
Republicans think they have a sure-fire formula for staying relevant and in office.Run campaign ads, in which they promise to block the teaching of Critical Race Theory and sex education in kindergartens while cleaning up the scourge of widespread voter fraud; then stick the word 鈥渨oke鈥� in ...
Today, I鈥檓 26,833 days old.That鈥檚 not a milestone.It鈥檚 just another way of saying I鈥檓 currently in my 73rd year.It鈥檚 also my way of saying I got lots of memories.I鈥檇 better put some of them on paper before I forget I experienced them.Here鈥檚 one.Back in 1979, while working as a ...
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鈥檚 Iraq back then, France demurred.French Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin ...
