When I was 11 years old, nightfall was my enemy. Especially during the summer.As I remember (admittedly, I鈥檓 embellishing this) I never sat down once during any of the summers of my youth. Rest was a waste of time when there were apple trees to climb, sandlot ball games to be played 鈥� or ...
The attack on the foreign flags at the George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza at Uniontown鈥檚 Five Corners 鈥� the suspect in the case told police the national emblems had no business flying in the good old U.S. of A. 鈥� brings to mind this fact: General-of-the Army Marshall was a nationalist in ...
He鈥檚 the Energizer Bunny of one term, twice-impeached presidents.He just keeps lying and lying and lying.Civilian Donald John Trump had hidden behind Fox News long enough.It was time for him to find a field in Wellington, Ohio, and hold forth with his usual outrageousness 鈥� aimed with ...
鈥淗appy Fourth of July,鈥� we tell one another. We may not always mean it.This year鈥檚 celebration of national independence is not shaping up as an especially joyous one. Things are so unsettled.Let me count some of the ways.First. We Americans seem to be at one another鈥檚 throats, still, ...
I love the English language.I even use some of it from time to time.This is one of those times.What does this mean? 鈥淵ou鈥檙e beating a dead horse.鈥滻鈥檝e spent years researching old newspapers, but I鈥檝e never found a single case of somebody who鈥檚 beaten a dead horse.That phrase ...
If you鈥檙e in the neighborhood this week, you might want to stop at the mountainous Route 40 Summit hotel 鈥� officially the Historic Summit Inn Resort. It鈥檚 an anniversary, of sorts. Ninety-nine years ago on July 2, the president of the United States stayed the night, along with his wife ...
