George W. Bush recently made a point of saying, about George Washington, that the first president of the United States, "by relinquishing power rather than holding onto it ... ensured America wouldn't become a monarchy, or worse." Bush's words were taken as a swipe at President Donald Trump, ...
Donald Trump was right. The White House Correspondents' Dinner, suspended by a shooting incident in the corridor outside the room where the banquet was underway, should have reconvened and continued. As the president told Norah O'Donnell of CBS News, "I don't want a crazy person - I think it's ...
Once, a Marine from Fayette County was laid to rest in a Connellsville cemetery, with his family, including his grieving mom and dad, beside the open grave. Earlier on the day of the burial, the pastor at the funeral service eulogized the young leatherneck as a warrior in the service of God ...
In April 1861, following the firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, S.C., and the start of the American Civil War, Edward G. Roddy, editor of the Uniontown Genius of Liberty newspaper, wrote, "Amidst the civilizations of the 19th century, we are on the very brink of ruin, despotism, and ...
Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker recently told the Guardian newspaper that the 16th president was, "arguably," the "greatest democratic politician in the history of the world," and "all of us would appreciate having a few more Lincolns in politics today." Amen to that, brother Pinsker, who ...
Donald Trump says such weird, sometimes hurtful, things, that he makes it easy to pile on. At his invitation, practically speaking, let's take two examples from just the past week or so. Example one: the death of Robert Mueller. A week ago Friday, Mueller died. He was 81. The director of the ...
