Longtime lawmaker John Murtha was an important foreign policy figure in Washington. The Johnstown congressman, who died 12 years ago at the age of 77, was a force to be reckoned with, even by presidents.A Democrat who at one time or another represented Fayette and portions of Washington County, ...
The United States of America is not at war.Not now.Yet.Unless, of course, you count those ever-persistent political skirmishes.That never stops.There are no American troops on the ground in Ukraine.You wouldn鈥檛 know that if you only listened to some of the crowing that鈥檚 going on these ...
Yours truly poked his ear into a 鈥渢elephone town hall鈥� the other evening featuring Uniontown鈥檚 representative in the Pennsylvania House, Matthew Dowling, a Republican.Dowling, who was in a serious vehicle accident in October 2021, sounded in fine voice. How he felt he didn鈥檛 say. Even ...
Most Americans couldn鈥檛 care less what Vladimir Putin thinks about them.Not Tucker Carlson.He鈥檚 a TV star in Moscow.That鈥檚 鈥榗ause he鈥檚 considered to be America鈥檚 voice of reason over there.He was featured at least four times in one week on Russia鈥檚 TV screens, peddling his ...
Carl Bernstein, the <em>Washington Post</em> reporter who, in investigating the Watergate scandal, helped to bring down a corrupt presidency, was a journalistic prodigy.He entered the profession with the old <em>Washington Star</em> while ...
Human suffering is very difficult to watch.Yet, as long as it exists on my television 鈥� I somehow can鈥檛 turn it off or turn away.I feel obligated to root for the victims of bloodshed at the hands of a seeming madman as if I have a stake in the madness.I do not. Not directly.Even on the ...
