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The NFL is back 鈥 and strong

It seems like it was only yesterday that Donald Trump declared war on many pro football players.In September of 2017, he appeared at one of his (pep) rallies in Alabama, and he asked, 鈥淲ouldn鈥檛 you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 鈥楪et that ...

Something’s brewing, and it ain’t good

It seems more and more people are acting and talking crazy. It鈥檚 pretty dangerous stuff.Example: Before a vote last week by the Uniontown Area School Board to require student mask-wearing, to help stop the spread of a variant of the COVID-19 virus, a parent told the board, 鈥淭his whole ...

Don’t you just despise ‘card services?’

Robocaller: 鈥淗ello. I鈥檓 calling from Card Services.鈥滿e: 鈥淐lick!鈥滱dmittedly, I can鈥檛 see them, but show of hands: Who just loves getting those kinds of calls?What about those inquiries about your car鈥檚 warranty?I鈥檓 certain nobody鈥檚 hand just went up. (If yours did, you can put ...

Strike unites would-be antagonists

Down Alabama way, a coal miners鈥 strike, now in its fourth month, echoes strikes in the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania in the 20th century.It鈥檚 eerie, and sad. Strangely, it鈥檚 also hopeful.The strike by 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers at the Warrior Met coal mine in ...

The Great Owens Family Mask Mandate

I came here today to discuss 鈥淭he Great Owens Family Mask Mandate of 2021.鈥滻t is as follows: You must be wearing a mask when you knock on the Owens family door on Oct. 31. PERIOD. Full stop.I don鈥檛 care if you鈥檙e dressed as Spiderman, Superman, a Witch, or Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz ...

The hard choices presidents make

President Biden鈥檚 meeting with the families of the 13 service members killed by ISIS-K terrorists at the Kabul airport during the recent airlifts out of Afghanistan was difficult, we are told.鈥淒on鈥檛 forget that name,鈥 said the father of one of the young Marines who died in the car ...