In the lobby of the Uniontown Public Library, just off the main entrance, in a glass display case, sits a trophy 鈥� it was awarded in 1959 to the local team that won a national baseball championship.How did it end up at the library? I will tell you in a moment, for it鈥檚 a tale all its own. ...
Bob Woodward doesn鈥檛 seem to have an axe to grind. He just writes books.The legendary Watergate journalist has authored or co-authored 18 books, and a dozen of them have become No. 1 national bestsellers.Last week, juicy tidbits from his latest book, "Fear: Trump in the White House," were ...
He was the star basketball player, but he was humble about it. He dated the head cheerleader, though at the time he preferred the company of friends.I鈥檓 talking about Gene Painley of Uniontown, who died recently. Gene was a friend and a touchstone of my youth. Later, seeing him as an adult, ...
Ken Burns鈥� 10-part documentary series "The Vietnam War" aired last September on PBS.It was of great interest to me, having spent a year at Danang Air Base between 1969 and 鈥�70.In Episode 5, the viewing audience was taken to the prison facility known as The Hanoi Hilton, where we saw an ...
Labor Day. Once upon a time, during presidential election years, this was the day on which the political knives came out.It was the day on which the candidate from the Missouri heartland, or the farm in Illinois, or the comfortable mansion on Cape Cod, or the Texas ranch, would fly to Michigan ...
Even though the president of the United States of America has, in effect, admitted he鈥檚 committed felonies, his loyal supporters, and most of the Republicans in Congress, still support him.Last Tuesday, when his former campaign chairman was convicted of eight felonies and his longtime ...