Thursday of last week marked 58 years since John Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery, outside of Washington, D.C. He鈥檚 buried on the hillside just below the Custis-Lee Mansion, with its commanding view of the capital city.Eight months (or, since stories vary, maybe it was ...
Sam Huff died last week. If that name means nothing to you, then you鈥檙e not of a certain age.The son of a West Virginia coal miner, Huff was a bruising, All-American line backer at West Virginia University in the 1950s. He played professionally with the New York (football) Giants and the ...
Thomas Childers, a great writer that you鈥檝e probably never heard of, has composed a disturbing book, though how could it be otherwise?The book is about Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler.I highly recommend it. Give it as a Christmas present. It鈥檚 not cheering, of course; it鈥檚 dismal reading. ...
On Veterans Day, Connellsville is the place to turn for the inspiration and the heartbreak of war. During the Big One 鈥� World War II 鈥� Connellsville modeled both.Of course, there was plenty of grousing during the war years, 1941-45, especially about conscription 鈥� the draft. But we鈥檒l ...
The automobile accident that has sidelined state representative Matthew Dowling of Uniontown sounds awful: traveling alone, police say, Dowling鈥檚 vehicle plowed through a field before striking a tree 100 yards off a road in Upper Leacock Township in Lancaster County.It was 7 in the evening. ...
If you were in the stateside service in the early to mid-70s 鈥� as I was 鈥� you may have noticed a certain lack of discipline and esprit de corps among the troops.Even a lowly recruit serving in the Army Reserves sensed something was wrong. Toward the tail end of basic training at Fort ...