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The White House is now off-limits

In the aftermath of America going to war seven decades ago, presidential secretary Grace Tully reported for work at the White House on December 8, 1941, to find the place transformed.“The grounds were under guard of a special detachment of Military Police,” she would write, “and sentry ...

Embrace golf, banish the hypocrisy

I wish one of two things would happen — that the media would quit squawking about Donald Trump playing golf — that Donald Trump would quit playing golf.Both pundits and Trump are giving golf a bad name. Golf is too valuable to be disrespected, which is exactly whatĢƵ happening now.Take ...

The no longer unique U.S.A.

As a people we have long celebrated the idea of “American exceptionalism.”The concept itself has been debated from time to time, and while the idea that America is unique among the nations of the world has been buffeted about, its staying power has been little short of remarkable.It has ...

From 1960, words that still matter

Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of John F. KennedyĢƵ nomination for president by the Democrats. He was a 42-year-old Massachusetts senator. He pledged to “win in November” over the Republican vice president at the time, a fella by the name of Richard Nixon. He did.His presidency ...

Our granite-figures aren’t history

As plans for the George C. Marshall Plaza in Uniontown went forward in the early 1990s, it occurred to some of us that a representation of the man himself — a Uniontown native — would be appropriate. Thus was born seated Marshall, situated on the north side of Main Street.ItĢƵ not clear ...

The siren at night wails for all of us

Sometimes, history is not a faint echo but more like a wail — a clear wail.We’ve been hearing a lot recently about police and African-Americans. The actions of police officers in Minneapolis, in taking the life of George Floyd, have sparked searing, nationwide protests by black and white ...