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Yeah, man, it’s Joe Biden’s economy

Joe Biden wants you to pay attention to 鈥渉is鈥 economy. Is that a good thing, considering next year鈥檚 presidential election and all?The economy is the political elephant in the room, whichever way you look at it.The June national unemployment rate was 3.6%. The U.S. rate has not dipped ...

American hope and hopelessness

Last week this column had words of praise for Connellsville鈥檚 Rose Brady and the women of the city鈥檚 World War II canteen. As a demonstration of patriotism and service to country, the Connellsville Canteen is hard to beat.The war years 鈥 1941 to 1945 鈥 were unique, in that Americans ...

Rally ’round the flag, boys and girls

On this Fourth of July week, my pick for Hero of the Republic is the indefatigable Rose Brady and the women of the Connellsville Canteen. Their service during World War II remains a shining example of patriotism, perseverance and good old-fashioned pluck.Working out of an abandoned foundry ...

The summer wind comes blowing in

Ah, summer. Long time arriving, you鈥檙e over all too quickly.Summer, in brief, is ritual, which suits me just fine, since I鈥檓 a creature of habit anyway. (Proof: I鈥檝e eaten the same breakfast for years now. I watch three or four episodes of Seinfeld nearly every day. I sit in the same ...

News almost too crazy to believe

This has been a jaw-dropping week, and that does not even include the federal indictment of a former president of the United States that occurred in Miami on Tuesday.For example, there was the startling news coming out of the Southern Baptist Convention, whereby the nation鈥檚 largest ...

When bots have minds of their own

I鈥檓 no expert but it seems to me there might be something to this notion that artificial intelligence 鈥 otherwise known as AI 鈥 is a whole lot of trouble waiting to happen.Even the people working to bring to market the bots of the future are sounding the alarm. Only recently, the ...