On the theory that it鈥檚 good to look back, here is a story of one James Veech of Uniontown, lawyer, businessman, and, in the first summer of the American Civil War, one of three men appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to ensure that volunteer militias were paid on time and in the right ...
Hello!My name is COVID-19, and I鈥檇 like to kill you.Today, though, I鈥檝e come to give you a little advice.I鈥檝e heard some of you don鈥檛 want to get vaccinated because you believe in 鈥減ersonal freedoms,鈥� and some balderdash about that U.S. Constitution.I鈥檝e never read your ...
On the theory that it鈥檚 good to look back, here is a story of one James Veech of Uniontown, lawyer, businessman, and, in the first summer of the American Civil War, one of three men appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to ensure that volunteer militias were paid on time and in the right ...
<em>鈥淥h! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth. And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings ... wheeled and soared and swung ... Put out my hand and touched the face of God.鈥� 鈥撀�</em><em>High Flight, by poet John Gillespie ...
Indulge me a moment as I engage in some idle sports idolatry: In 1957, Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox slugger, batted an American League-best .388.Can you guess his batting average for the second half of the 鈥�57 season 鈥� from the first game after the all-star break to the last pitch in ...
I was just minding my own business last Saturday morning.At least I thought I was.I happened to be watching one of those public affairs/newsmaker programs on a certain cable news network when they broke for commercials (12 of them lasting five solid minutes).Yet, it wasn鈥檛 the number of ...
