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Lyndon JohnsonĢƵ legacy lives on

Have you heard that r-r-r-r-r-ing sound lately? ItĢƵ Lyndon Johnson spinning in his grave.His greatest presidential achievement, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was honored last week at the LBJ Library in Texas.All five of the living U.S. presidents made their pilgrimage to pay their respects ...

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While the 1920ĢƵ have been characterized as “The Roaring Twenties,” because there was widespread social, technological, and economic growth across the country, lawlessness, too, was rampant.According to a headline on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald on April 15, 1929, “14 ...

GOP won’t give any kudos to Obama

Have you heard the news? Obamacare has been replaced by something called The Affordable Care Act.Thanks to their exuberant disinclination to willingly accept anything with President ObamaĢƵ name attached to it, Republicans are having to go back to their “doomsday” drawing boards.The word ...

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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, ...