There are times when I come across answers to questions I never really pondered.My usual reply is, 鈥淥h, yeah. That makes sense. I never really thought of that before.鈥漈he Uniontown Evening Standard printed an article on its sports pages 72 years ago today, that, at first, didn鈥檛 strike me ...
Well, it looks like the Republican Party has a lot of second-guessing to do. Virginia鈥檚 7th District, seven-term House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor, is now heading for the unemployment line come next January.Gee, I wonder if he鈥檒l try to extend those long-term unemployment benefits before ...
In the 鈥淢y, How Things Have Changed,鈥� category (something I just made up on the fly), I鈥檝e found a few old newspaper items that would seem mighty odd if they were printed today.On June 7, 1941, was an advertisement for the movie 鈥淭he Great American Broadcast鈥� that used the phrase ...
Fox News has a brand-new enemy -鈥� beards.According to one of the co-hosts of the oft fact bereft Fox & Friends -鈥� Brian Kilmeade -鈥� Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl鈥檚 father, Robert, has a beard that makes him appear to be a Taliban sympathizer.鈥淚 mean, he says he was growing his beard ...
On Oct. 12, 2008, Samuel Wurzelbacher confronted Sen. Barack Obama while he was on a campaign stop in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood.Wurzelbacher asked, 鈥淚鈥檓 getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000 to $280,000 a year. Your new tax plan鈥檚 going to tax me more, isn鈥檛 ...
I鈥檝e frequently mentioned the baseball legends who鈥檝e displayed their enormous talents on local ball fields.Dizzy Dean, Honus Wagner, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants have all delighted local baseball ...