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Republicans not on Cruz control

Republicans in Congress have serious problems.They鈥檙e called Republicans!They鈥檇 taken complete control of the U.S. House with a stunning victory in the 2010 mid-term elections.Thanks to the growing influence of the tea party, it was thought that Republicans would finally be able to thwart ...

Taylor played key role in memorial

Fred Taylor, the former state representative from Uniontown who died recently, was unceremoniously bumped from office, and I鈥檓 partially to blame. Sorry about that, Fred, you deserved better.Let me explain. During the time I was president of the committee that built the George C. Marshall ...

The rebirth of 鈥渂irtherism鈥

鈥淲e do not have time for this kind of silliness. We鈥檝e got better stuff to do. I鈥檝e got better stuff to do. We鈥檝e got bigger problems to solve.鈥漃resident Obama announcing the release of his long-form birth certificate in 2011Donald Trump boasts that he knows how to 鈥済et things ...

It’s always great to stroll down memory lane

On the back of the photo are the words, 鈥淭he gang on the way to play ball.鈥漈he picture is an entirely candid one, which is rare, since the vast majority of photos are posed. Only one boy, his face turned to the camera, seems to know he and his buddies are being captured on film.The point is ...

Republicans put the country to sleep

Early last Thursday morning I awoke from a nightmare in a panic.I dreamed that CNN鈥檚 Jake Tapper was asking each Republican presidential debater what breakfast cereal they fancied.鈥淎ll of them,鈥 replied Dr. Ben Carson.鈥淐ap鈥檔 Crunch,鈥 said the ever war-minded Ted Cruz.Fortunately, it ...

GOP fighting another losing battle

鈥淭his Iranian nuclear deal is catastrophic. It is the single greatest security threat facing America. And if this deal goes through, we know to an absolute certainty 鈥 PEOPLE WILL DIE鈥漈ed Cruz at a Capitol Hill rally against the Iran Nuclear deal on Sept. 9th.We鈥檙e All Gonna DieFighting ...