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Don鈥檛 lock him up: Lock him down

Recently, Republicans have had cold political waters doused on their faces.They stood by, turning their thumbs down repeatedly, while their fellow Senate Democrats unanimously passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.The only contribution Senate Republicans made to the legislation was forcing ...

David McCullough: Goodbye to all that

David McCullough, who died last week at the age of 89, claimed to be a writer first, a historian second. A native of Pittsburgh (the 16th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor in 2013), McCullough was a master of the English language, as he demonstrated in a series of best-selling books, ...

Are some Republicans against veterans?

I was one of the lucky ones.I served in Vietnam from May 1969 until May 1970.So, when I was diagnosed with third-stage lung cancer 鈥 10 years ago next month 鈥 I happened to qualify under the Veterans Affairs' list of 鈥減resumptive diseases鈥 for Vietnam-era vets who were exposed to the ...

Congressman Guy, where are you?

Where does Guy Reschenthaler, the congressman, spend the bulk of his time? You would be on pretty solid ground if you answered, 鈥淣ot in Fayette County.鈥滻n fact, it seems Reschenthaler, in office since 2019, spends little if any time in the county on official business. 鈥淚鈥檝e never met ...

The ‘Big Lie’ and bigger liars

I keep hearing Republicans are going to annihilate Democrats come November.Will they?First, there are lots of Republican candidates who鈥檙e still clinging to Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥淏ig Lie.鈥滻f you still don鈥檛 know what Trump鈥檚 鈥淏ig Lie鈥 is, I can鈥檛 help you.Let鈥檚 just say it has ...

‘Dean’ John Murtha and his deeds

I spent a recent afternoon at the University of Pittsburgh archives looking at the papers of John P. Murtha, the late congressman who at one time represented Fayette County on Capitol Hill.At his death in 2010, the Johnstown Democrat was the 鈥渄ean鈥 of the state鈥檚 congressional delegation. ...