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Why not Jerry West for the Senate?

In olden days, when college football was confined to four New Year鈥檚 Day bowl games and the NCAA Final Four was played far from the glare of national TV (hard to believe, right?), two presidential wannabes roamed the Mountain State in search of votes ... and Jerry West.Jerry West, basketball ...

A tale of two Joes

鈥淚t was the best of times.鈥 鈥 (Joe Biden) 鈥淚t was the worst of times.鈥 鈥 (Joe Manchin)鈥淚t was the age of wisdom.鈥 鈥 (Biden) 鈥淚t was the age of foolishness.鈥 - (Kyrsten Sinema).鈥淚t was the season of Light.鈥 (Democrats) 鈥淚t was the season of Darkness.鈥 ...

The battle for Joe Manchin’s vote

Joe Manchin may be enjoying the limelight as the chief Democratic holdout on the Biden administration鈥檚 trillion-dollar-plus Build Back Better legislation. It鈥檚 been variously reported that Manchin, the linchpin vote in a 50-50 Senate, loves the attention he鈥檚 getting, even as he barks at ...

The untimely passing of Rich Trumka

Of all the deaths that took place in 2021 perhaps none was more unexpected and consequential than Richard Trumka鈥檚, the Greene County native and president of organized labor鈥檚 the AFL-CIO.Trumka was 72 when he suffered a fatal heart attack in August on an outing with his family. A cousin, ...

Rand Paul on a rampage

The new year is but a few hours old, and fortunately, none of Donald Trump鈥檚 minions have stormed the U.S. Capitol.So far, so good.I can鈥檛 assure you there won鈥檛 be 鈥淚nsurrection 2022.鈥漈hose folks are still convinced Joe Biden thrust himself into the Oval Office by less than legal ...

To save the country, tell the truth

As far as I can tell, the number of Republicans against democracy serving in the Pennsylvania General Assembly remains the same as a year ago.You will recall that a month prior to the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol, 64 House and Senate Republicans wrote their infamous letter requesting that the ...