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Let the presidential debates begin!

They鈥檙e lining up to take on the current president of these United States 鈥 鈥淪mokin'" Joe Biden.There are two Democrats 鈥 anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and self-help author Marianne Williamson. There鈥檚 a third-party candidate 鈥 Professor Cornel West.Republicans, though, are ...

Trump can expect GOP testimony

It will be the greatest of ironies if Donald John Trump is convicted of crimes against the Constitution he swore to uphold.How so?The first irony is obvious. Presidents are tasked with seeing that the laws are faithfully executed. Trump is the first and only president to be charged with ...

Another day. Another indictment. Another act!

One day last week, I can鈥檛 remember which one, Donald Trump didn鈥檛 get indicted!Otherwise, the book they keep throwing at him 鈥 gets more dog-eared daily.I think it鈥檚 getting interesting because the more prosecutors prosecute him, the more he screams he鈥檚 the target of abuse. He鈥檚 ...

A summer of violence in the county

This week nine decades ago Fayette County was on fire. The immediate cause of the unrest was union busting. The effect was widespread lethal disorder.鈥淣otwithstanding the earnest desire of the mine workers to preserve peace in Fayette County, it had been evident that the H.C. Frick Coal and ...

Let鈥檚 all hear it for the wonderful days of slavery?

Have you heard the latest?Slaves had themselves some big fun back in the day!That鈥檚 the word out of Florida, where they鈥檙e rewriting history to include the happy-go-lucky, carefree lives of America鈥檚 slaves.Or it seems that way.According to the Florida Board of Education, middle school ...

‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t get it right

A homeboy at heart, I half-waited for Gen. George C. Marshall to show up in 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥 the movie.The Uniontown native and Army chief of staff during World War II did make a screen appearance, or at least I assume that was him being depicted sitting alongside Secretary of War Henry ...