First things first.I have a correction to make.In my column about my love of high school basketball last week, I talked about how the Raider Dozen (Uniontown High School鈥檚 spirited pep band) would start playing 鈥淪weet Georgia Brown鈥� as the Red Raider basketball team came on to the court.I ...
At first glance, they were an unlikely duo. One 鈥� Nancy Pelosi, the future House speaker 鈥� represented tony, well-heeled San Francisco. The other 鈥� John Murtha, the powerful military appropriations chairman 鈥� hailed from Johnstown, a decaying steelmaking hub in middle Appalachia.One ...
The Uniontown Red Raiders of my youth never lost a game.That鈥檚 an exaggeration.They may have lost, but not nearly as much as they won.The Red Raider basketball teams of the mid-1950s until the mid-1960s functioned as precision-made machines 鈥� calibrated to destroy enemy high school ...
Wielding power is just as important as gaining power. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker that Republicans love to hate, is expert at both.Pelosi, 82, one of the most consequential speakers in U.S. history, has announced she is stepping away from the role, in time for a new ...
Donald Trump is running for president 鈥� again.In case you hadn鈥檛 noticed, he never stopped running for president. Even when he was president.I鈥檇 like to take this time to offer a few words of advice to any Republican candidate who plans to follow Trump鈥檚 MAGA playbook.Go right ...
Parade 鈥� the magazine 鈥� has been a delight for generations of newspaper readers. The Sunday supplement, around since 1941, is colorful, concise, and cleverly packaged.Alas, the print edition of Parade is no more. Starting this week you may peruse a digital edition of the magazine.It鈥檚 all ...
