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The Great Owens Family Mask Mandate

I came here today to discuss “The Great Owens Family Mask Mandate of 2021.”It 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’t care if you’re dressed as Spiderman, Superman, a Witch, or Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz ...

The hard choices presidents make

President Biden’s 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.“Don’t forget that name,” said the father of one of the young Marines who died in the car ...

Just a jab away?

He should have known better.Our most recent ex-president flew into the belly of the anti-vaxxer beast – Alabama – and he let the folks down there know he’s gotten a jab or two.“I recommend, take the vaccines. I did it. It’s good. Take the vaccines,” Mr. Trump announced during a ...

The Plaza, or hanging with George

It’s too bad George Marshall never became president of the United States. If he had, Uniontown today might have a presidential library. Tourists (and scholars) would be knocking themselves silly to get here, clogging the sidewalks, spending money.Alas, Marshall was never commander-in-chief. ...

Bailey Park: The reality and the dream

It was a cloudy, rainy day.Under the sheltering roof of the city pavilion that sits not far from Pennsylvania Avenue, Mayor Bill Gerke gestured in appreciation toward Mark John - otherwise known as Mookie - who has been placed in charge of engineering what would be a remarkable turn around: the ...

Battle cry of the un-woke!

Some Americans delight when they see other Americans face defeat.“It’s not often that I’m happy a U.S. team loses in the Olympics,” said conservative Newsmax host Grant Stinchfield. “But I found myself rooting against Megan Rapinoe and her merry band of America-hating female soccer ...