If you thought people a hundred years ago celebrated New Year’s Eve with quiet dignity -- you were wrong.“New Year given noisy welcome,'' read the headline on the front page of the Jan. 1, 1914 edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald.“Care-worn 1913, overburdened with the trials of the ...
<em>“Race is still an incredibly volatile issue in this country, and Fox News, and yours truly, are big targets for many people.”</em><strong>-- Fox News host, Megyn Kelly</strong> Megyn Kelly has a point. She and Fox News are targets ...
For 10 whole seconds, President Obama stopped and shared a handshake with Cuban President Raul Castro last week. Both men flew to South Africa to honor the life of Nelson Mandela at a memorial service attended by the heads of state from around the world.You’d have to wonder, what would ...
During this month one hundred years ago, there were some rather strange, if humorous goings-on in Fayette County.On Dec. 16, 1913, it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that the “partially decomposed” body of a man or woman had been found in the back of a wagon ...
A few days ago, while watching the documentary "America in Primetime,'' I was struck by an interesting comment made by one of its participants.“Yesterday I bought a grape,” he said.He’d made the claim that primetime television, with its extended long-form shows, such as "The Sopranos'' ...
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of day Uniontown native Gen. George C. Marshall accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.He was pictured on the front page of the Uniontown Evening Standard on Dec. 11, 1953, with the caption, in part, saying “The ceremony was marred by noisy ...
