Too bad for Democrats that Bill de Blasio is mayor of New York City, and not the mayor of a city in a state narrowly carried by Donald Trump in 2016 - the mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, say; or Ann Arbor, Michigan; or even Pittsburgh.As the Democrats鈥� vice presidential nominee in 2020, imagine ...
From time to time you hear people say that things were better back in the day; folks were more caring, more polite, they were kinder and gentler.Recently, I sat across a dinner table from a prominent local politician 鈥� we were attending the same banquet 鈥� when he brought up the subject of ...
Last Sunday morning, Stephen Howard, pastor of the Cornerstone Missionary Baptist Church of Greenville, North Carolina, addressed his congregants on the matter of Donald Trump鈥檚 divisive tweets and the president鈥檚 hate-inducing remarks at a political rally in the city the previous ...
Let鈥檚 hope this week 50 years from now, Americans will still be celebrating the first moon landing instead of mourning the death of democracy in a country that was once dedicated to tolerance, political comity, and the rule of law.Neil Armstrong鈥檚 step onto the surface of the moon expanded ...
When I was a young reporter with the <em>New Castle News</em>, there was a reporter lurking about by the name of Robert Jackson.Bob Jackson was older and way more experienced, and he scooped up stories like Bill Mazeroski scooped up grounders. 鈥淚f you want to know ...
When he was in high public office in Washington, D.C., George C. Marshall - our boy 鈥淔licker,鈥� Uniontown鈥檚 own 鈥� used to hear from a childhood acquaintance by the name of Lida Niccols, who eventually married a Bavarian prince to become the Princess of Thurn and Taxis.As an adult, Lida ...