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Is Donald really doing it his way?

"Regrets, I've had a few; But then again, too few to mention. I did what I had to do and saw it through without exemption.''Frank Sinatra, the song My WayThe Earth nearly fell off of its axis during a recent Donald Trump rally by telling the crowd, “Sometimes in the heat of debate, and ...

Local Labor Day parade of 1922 was full of protests

As many as 10,000 marchers, mostly miners, took part in the Labor Day parade in Uniontown.This was 1922, a strike year in which what was known as the Connellsville Coke Region was convulsed. The fight was over a union contract for miners who worked for the the likes of the H.C. Frick Co.Frick ...

Trump is a wolf in sheep’s clothing

In 2008, Sen. Barack Obama earned 95 percent of the black vote.President Obama beat Mitt Romney with 93 percent of the black vote in 2012.In 2016, Hillary Clinton might pitch a shut-out with black voters.Why?Donald Trump!A recent Quinnipiac national poll has Mr. Trump only managing to get the ...

Politics wasn’t always hateful

Glad you asked; OK, you didn’t. I’ll tell you anyway — hold on — about my favorite presidential photo.It’s a picture that wouldn’t be taken today; security concerns, you know. It shows Franklin Roosevelt, in an automobile, greeting voters (some of them were voters, anyway) in ...

Donald J. Trump isn’t insane

Have you noticed that Donald Trump isn’t bragging about his poll numbers much these days?That’s because he’s his poll numbers are sinking fast.Nationally, Hillary Clinton is leading him by wide margins in most polls. In Pennsylvania, where many pundits claim Trump has a chance to turn ...

Uniontown’s Bailey Park going to waste

It is 5:15 on a Monday afternoon at Bailey Park in Uniontown, and absolutely nothing is happening —except for the two tikes using the playground’s sliding board and swing set.As for the rest — the two ballparks and the basketball court — nothing, and I do mean not-a-thing is going on.It ...