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Trump鈥榮 ‘Carnival of resistance’

It was a spectacular scene.A U.S. president was on foreign soil when his image appeared on a giant screen - and it ignited exuberant cheers.Twenty thousand people gave him a rousing standing ovation 鈥 with chants of 鈥淢VP鈥 clearly audible.Of course, that was ex-President Barack Obama, who ...

Eyewitness to D-Day: no ‘bravado’

Among the first interviews Forrest Pogue conducted following the Allied invasion of Europe 75 years ago this week was with a 21-year old Texan, a corporal, who had been badly wounded.With a wife and three-month-old baby at home, the soldier grinned at the prospect of returning to the United ...

Trump: Happy Memorial Day?

President Trump might鈥檝e been able to take a bow after he went to Japan, without managing to make a mess of things.Problem is, he made several messes of things.For instance, just before he left Japan on his way back home, he stopped at a U.S. military base.鈥淚 have to wish you all a very ...

Defeat Trump, don’t impeach him

The growing demand from the Democratic party鈥檚 left wing that Donald Trump face impeachment is a bad idea, not because the president hasn鈥檛 earned a place in the hall of presidential infamy. It鈥檚 because it shortchanges democracy and clutters the path to Trump鈥檚 eventual eviction from ...

Two Main Street icons bright as ever

If you鈥檙e near downtown Uniontown today or Monday and and want to honor the fallen on Memorial Day weekend, drop by Five Corners, or the 鈥渢riangle,鈥 as they used to say.The reason I know the part of town intersected by West Main and East Fayette streets was once referred to as the ...

When the bully gets punched!

The world is a mighty dangerous place.You knew that.Did you know that thanks to our foolhardy president, there are alarms being set-off around the world?You knew that too?OK.Well, the misadventures of the Trump administration were on full view last week.CHINAThere鈥檚 been a Chinese ...