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ItĢƵ April FoolĢƵ Day Eve.I sure hope you have that bird in the oven, and your finest April FoolĢƵ Day attire laid out for the frivolity that comes each year on April 1.Of course, I’m not being entirely serious.April FoolĢƵ Day doesn’t exactly rank up there in annual importance with ...

It’s finally time to play ball!

Last Oct. 9, I was among the least unhappy baseball fans in America. I was far from happy -- just not unhappy.The Pittsburgh Pirates had just done their best impersonation of a juggernaut, and they may have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those fellas out in St. Louis. Not that ...

GOP politicians still don’t get it

It was an anniversary that passed with hardly a peep. Last week marked one year since Republicans unveiled that 100-page report they called the “Growth and Opportunity Project.” Sigh!It was considered an “autopsy” of the GOPĢƵ dwindling support among women, African-Americans, Asians, ...

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This is a rare occurrence. I’ve actually found some high personal praise for me in an old copy of the Uniontown Morning Herald. Well, not exactly praise just for me.I was a member of the vaunted Uniontown Joint Senior High School, Red Raider band that had traveled to HarrisburgĢƵ Farm Show ...

Republicans cling to old attacks

We’ve got to start talking about what we’re for, and not what we’re against.Our ideas are better than their ideas. And thatĢƵ what we have to stand up for.Gov. Chris Christie (GOP-New Jersey) – at CPAC 2014Chris Christie is on to something.Or maybe he isn’t.The beleaguered governor ...

GOP senators eager for another war

What this country needs is another good old-fashioned ground war.That was sarcasm, folks.Two wars, as far as most Americans are concerned, are probably enough.Don’t tell Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. They’re ready to gear up the U.S. war machine again, and they don’t like the ...