<em>鈥淭he best way to improve economic prospects for women is to improve job prospects for the men in their lives, even if that means increasing the so-called pay gap."</em>-- Conservative activist and anti-feminist, Phyllis Schlafly'Phyllis Schlafly Speaks 鈥� ...
Have you heard that r-r-r-r-r-ing sound lately? It鈥檚 Lyndon Johnson spinning in his grave.His greatest presidential achievement, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was honored last week at the LBJ Library in Texas.All five of the living U.S. presidents made their pilgrimage to pay their respects ...
While the 1920鈥檚 have been characterized as 鈥淭he Roaring Twenties,鈥� because there was widespread social, technological, and economic growth across the country, lawlessness, too, was rampant.According to a headline on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald on April 15, 1929, 鈥�14 ...
Have you heard the news? Obamacare has been replaced by something called The Affordable Care Act.Thanks to their exuberant disinclination to willingly accept anything with President Obama鈥檚 name attached to it, Republicans are having to go back to their 鈥渄oomsday鈥� drawing boards.The word ...
It鈥檚 April Fool鈥檚 Day Eve.I sure hope you have that bird in the oven, and your finest April Fool鈥檚 Day attire laid out for the frivolity that comes each year on April 1.Of course, I鈥檓 not being entirely serious.April Fool鈥檚 Day doesn鈥檛 exactly rank up there in annual importance with ...
Last Oct. 9, I was among the least unhappy baseball fans in America. I was far from happy -- just not unhappy.The Pittsburgh Pirates had just done their best impersonation of a juggernaut, and they may have gotten away with it if it hadn鈥檛 been for those fellas out in St. Louis. Not that ...