ĢƵ

close

Columnists

The party of Lincoln and Trump

Republicans everywhere are in a tizzy.Party leaders are showing increasing dismay at the prospects of a Donald Trump nomination.ItĢƵ their own fault.When Trump failed to give a full-throated repudiation of the support heĢƵ getting from ex-Ku Klux Klansman, and virulent racist, David Duke, ...

Scaife paved the way for Donald Trump

You can place the blame for Donald Trump on Dick Scaife. Not entirely, course. Scaife, the late publisher of the Tribune-Review, had plenty of help from fellow billionaires like the Koch brothers.Collectively, over the years, they nurtured an anti-government crusade that has now led to the ...

The plight of the “poorly educated”

We can't be fooled by P.T. Barnum. The time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed.Texas Sen. and presidential candidate Ted Cruz, last WednesdayTed Cruz wants us to know, without coming out and saying it, that Donald Trump is better suited for the big top than the ...

Dirty politics goes back a long ways in Uniontown

Donald Trump may have gone where no presidential candidate has ever gone: to the lower depths of electioneering — calling opponents liars, threatening lawsuits, disparaging a war hero and skewering the pope, a whole religion, and an entire nation.And he regularly calls out the media, ...

Candidates pandering to voters

The stakes are high; the invective is flowing; the pandering is nauseating.ItĢƵ the 2016 presidential campaign in full tilt.Last month Donald Trump was so unconvincing as a Bible-thumper that he misstated a Bible verse.He claims he loves “Two” Corinthians, not appropriately “Second” ...

Hillary looks ahead toward Pennsylvania primary

Give her credit for having that “vision thing.” In more ways than one.Hillary Clinton recently made clear she was looking ahead to the Pennsylvania primary on April 26. ThatĢƵ something, considering she has a long, and possibly rocky, road to travel before then.Her opponent is not going ...