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Obama big winner at debate

“There is such a difference between everything you’re hearing here on this stage and what we hear from the Republicans.”Hillary Clinton, at last weekĢƵ Democratic Presidential debateWhile Hillary Clinton wiped the floor with her fellow Democratic presidential candidates at last ...

Umps no match for technology

If I were a member of the umpireĢƵ union, I’d be lobbying hard for a rule barring the facsimile strike zone that is now a part of every televised baseball game from ever being shown again.It demonstrates just how challenged major league umpires are in getting ball-and-strike calls right.As ...

US powerless to stop gun violence

On the first day of October, something happened in the United States thatĢƵ happening more-and-more frequently -- a mass shooting took place.During the first 275 days of 2015, there have been 294 mass (four people or more) shootings that have resulted in the tragic deaths of 380 people.The ...

Towns need newspapers to record their history

In July 1884, a Connellsville newspaper reporter strolled over to one of the train stations in town to watch as some recent immigrants began the long journey back to their villages and farms in the Old World.Later, the reporter spoke with J.S. McCaleb, a bank cashier and maybe the one person in ...

Republicans not on Cruz control

Republicans in Congress have serious problems.They’re called Republicans!They’d taken complete control of the U.S. House with a stunning victory in the 2010 mid-term elections.Thanks to the growing influence of the tea party, it was thought that Republicans would finally be able to thwart ...

Taylor played key role in memorial

Fred Taylor, the former state representative from Uniontown who died recently, was unceremoniously bumped from office, and I’m partially to blame. Sorry about that, Fred, you deserved better.Let me explain. During the time I was president of the committee that built the George C. Marshall ...