How we conduct elections has changed over the years.It is no longer a show of hands. It isn鈥檛 by the roar of the crowd. We don鈥檛 drop a pebble in a vessel like they did in ancient Greece 鈥� although the evolution of that process is where we get the word 鈥渂allot,鈥� from the Italian for ...
President Biden ran into some trouble a couple of weeks ago when he said in a 鈥�60 Minutes鈥� interview that COVID-19 is 鈥渙ver.鈥� The immediate reaction was that Biden had committed a gaffe and it could jeopardize efforts by his administration to round up further funding to combat the ...
The United States reached a milestone at the end of August that may have escaped many people鈥檚 attention.According to a Gallup poll, more Americans admitted to smoking marijuana than puffing on cigarettes. Gallup reported that 16% of Americans say they currently use marijuana, while just 11% ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> A number of local projects will benefit from state grant funding to expand outdoor recreational opportunities in our area. Among the projects are $514,000 in funding to rehabilitate 10.5 miles of the Great Allegheny Passage in Fayette County, ...
Catalytic converters are invaluable to the environment because they convert toxic vehicle exhausts into less onerous gases. Unfortunately, the rare earth minerals that they employ for the process 鈥� including platinum, palladium and rhodium 鈥� make the devices highly valuable to ...
Time and plenty of trial and error have demonstrated that bloodletting is no cure for anyone suffering a serious illness, and is far more likely to make matters much, much worse.Lobotomizing individuals with mental illnesses and disabilities has long been discredited. The same goes for ...
