“The United States of America is the most powerful nation on Earth. Period.It’s not even close.”President Barack Obama, in his seventh and final State of the Union address.Let the Donnybrook BeginPresident Obama was on his game last Tuesday night.He predictably managed to inspire ...
So much has been written about President Obama’s state-of-the-union message that the nation should keep its distance from that Donald Trump fella, that you may have missed some other important points the president made, including one with particular meaning for those of us who live in former ...
Army Chief of Staff and Uniontown native George C. Marshall didn’t brook excuses, especially excuses lodged by other generals.In the weeks and months before Japanese planes launched the United States into World War II, Marshall fired at least 600 top Army officers who, he judged, were too ...
Republicans all over the country are trying to put a stop to welfare recipients spending taxpayer money on drugs.There’s one problem with that.Those states are spending more money giving people drug tests, than they are saving by keeping drug users off of their welfare rolls.Back in 2009, one ...
When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in June, mainstream Republicans treated it with curiosity, then ambivalence, then anxiety -- now dread. Panic is next.Trump’s possible nomination is a joy to behold for Democrats.For many Republicans, though, it could become a road map ...
June 16th, 2015, is a day that will live in infamy. That’s the day that Donald Trump formally announced he was staking his claim on the presidency. It’s been downhill ever since.The Donald’s announcement speech, alone, helped spring into action an army of fact-checkers -- never before ...