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Politics wasn’t always hateful

Glad you asked; OK, you didn’t. I’ll tell you anyway — hold on — about my favorite presidential photo.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a picture that wouldn’t be taken today; security concerns, you know. It shows Franklin Roosevelt, in an automobile, greeting voters (some of them were voters, anyway) in ...

Donald J. Trump isn’t insane

Have you noticed that Donald Trump isn’t bragging about his poll numbers much these days?ThatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ because heÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ his poll numbers are sinking fast.Nationally, Hillary Clinton is leading him by wide margins in most polls. In Pennsylvania, where many pundits claim Trump has a chance to turn ...

Uniontown’s Bailey Park going to waste

It is 5:15 on a Monday afternoon at Bailey Park in Uniontown, and absolutely nothing is happening —except for the two tikes using the playgroundÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ sliding board and swing set.As for the rest — the two ballparks and the basketball court — nothing, and I do mean not-a-thing is going on.It ...

Trump keeps digger deeper hole

If Donnie Trump doesn’t win the presidency, he can always become a ditch digger.Nobody can dig themselves deeper into a hole, once they get started.When Gold Star parents, Ghazala and Khizr Khan stepped onto the stage at the Democratic National Convention, nobody would have guessed they’d ...

Stagecrafting is important part of politics

The rallies for presidential candidates are crafted affairs. Or they should be.The Hillary Clinton rally staged at the convention center in Pittsburgh a week ago Saturday is a good example — the one at which the very rich Mark Cuban of Scott Township and the Dallas Mavericks and the Shark ...

Michelle brings party together

So don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that somehow we need to make it great again. Because this, right now, is the greatest country on earth.Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, Democratic National Convention.When Democrats rolled into Philadelphia last week, they ...