It was an anniversary that passed with hardly a peep. Last week marked one year since Republicans unveiled that 100-page report they called the “Growth and Opportunity Project.” Sigh!It was considered an “autopsy” of the GOP’s dwindling support among women, African-Americans, Asians, ...
This is a rare occurrence. I’ve actually found some high personal praise for me in an old copy of the Uniontown Morning Herald. Well, not exactly praise just for me.I was a member of the vaunted Uniontown Joint Senior High School, Red Raider band that had traveled to Harrisburg’s Farm Show ...
We’ve got to start talking about what we’re for, and not what we’re against.Our ideas are better than their ideas. And that’s what we have to stand up for.Gov. Chris Christie (GOP-New Jersey) – at CPAC 2014Chris Christie is on to something.Or maybe he isn’t.The beleaguered governor ...
What this country needs is another good old-fashioned ground war.That was sarcasm, folks.Two wars, as far as most Americans are concerned, are probably enough.Don’t tell Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. They’re ready to gear up the U.S. war machine again, and they don’t like the ...
On this date 50 years ago, most of Uniontown was excited about the proceedings that took place at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena the night before.“Everhart Relaxes -- After UHS Wins Title,” read the front-page headline below the large picture of a sign being held-up that read “GO ...
When William Styron’s sweeping novel “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” was published in 1967, it caused two, divergent developments.It won for Styron the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but it also became the source of serious concerns among the nation’s black intellectuals.Nat Turner ...