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Calling Joe Biden: Campaign here

The Democratic ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris could learn a thing or two from the Republican ticket of Donald Trump and Mike Pence.Last week, the vice president campaigned in Beaver and Westmoreland counties, talking with supporters and generally laying the groundwork for what ...

The wisdom of common people

You don’t have to be president or a leader of Congress, a governor, or the mayor of a large city to speak to the nationÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ needs right now, to give voice to our highest and best aspirations as a nation and as individuals.And as President Trump demonstrates almost daily, being in a position ...

RFK and two years on the brink

More and more 2020 is resembling 1968, a year of war, riots, and political divisions so extreme it seemed at times that the country could not survive.Like 1968, 2020 is drenched in blood and bewilderment.Of course, the particulars are different.March 1968 started with the assassination of ...

The unconventional 2020 Conventions

Our major party conventions aren’t what they used to be. That much was evident at last weekÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ covid-19-shaped virtual gathering of Democrats.From the goose-bump-raising presentation of the Star Spangled Banner at its opening and the travel-wishful roll call of the states on Tuesday to vivid ...

‘We can overcome’ … together

We all know people who don’t vote. People who say their one vote won’t count for much - a spritz of water in an ocean of votes, a crumb, if you will.And we all know people who say they don’t vote because Democratic and Republican politicians are the same: they’re all crooks, they’re ...

Why John L. Lewis still matters

John Lewis just died. John L. Lewis died decades ago.John Lewis was a congressman and a hero of the civil rights movement. John L. Lewis was the longtime president of the United Mine Workers and a champion of the working-class.John Lewis was born in Georgia. John L. Lewis was born in Iowa. John ...