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He’s biting the brand that feeds him

ThereĢƵ hardly a day that passes when “The Donald” doesn’t get into a spat with somebody.Last Tuesday, for instance, he managed to try to pick verbal fights with more than a half dozen people.He tweets a lot.He tweets insults a lot.He managed to “accuse” his Republican presidential ...

Sinatra still swings like no other singer

This year marks Frank SinatraĢƵ centennial. Sinatra, born and raised in Hoboken, N.J., before, during and just after World War I, would have turned 100 this December.On stages just across the river from Hoboken, in New York City, he first wowed girls screaming his name and fainting with ...

Trump sure to lose Hispanic vote

"It doesn’t matter what we say about education, jobs or the economy; if Hispanics think that we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our policies."The RepublicanĢƵ Growth and Opportunity Project of December, 2012Donald Trump: They Have To Go!I have no doubt, that far from ...

Oak Grove Cemetery has a very proud history

Cemeteries are many things to many people. When it comes to Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, the word that comes to mind is historicalAs a repository of the past, Oak Grove is special. It contains the graves of so many people who led consequential lives or who were just plain interesting. ...

Trump keeps busy by evolving on issues

“He is so smooth and so effective a performer that he completely won over the American people.”Donald Trump, in his 1987 book “The Art of the Deal” about Ronald ReaganThe ever-evolving Mr. Trump Back in the 1980s, Donald Trump openly questioned the sincerity of President Ronald ...

Trump steals show at first debate

And they’re off!After two debates, featuring 17 Republican presidential candidates, over a combined three hours, I surprised myself last Thursday.I didn’t call a suicide hotline.First, there was that hour-long “childrenĢƵ table” debate, featuring seven Republicans who didn’t make it ...