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Each year, Major League Baseball honors the memory of Jackie Robinson – and rightly so.And every year, while every Major League player wears the number 42 to honor him, broadcasters recall the tremendous difficulties Robinson had to overcome before he would be proclaimed one of the greatest ...

Who the heck is Kim Jong-un?

There are war clouds gathering. But apparently only in the busy mind of the Democratic People's Republic of KoreaĢƵ Supreme Leader, First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, First Chairman of the National Defence Commission who is also the Chairman of the Central Military Commission -- ...

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This is gruesome stuff.“The execution was private, there were not more than 80 persons altogether who witnessed the infliction of the death penalty,” said story on the front page (second edition) of the Uniontown Daily News Standard on April 24, 1913.One would have to wonder how any event ...

Republicans up to their old tricks

Those Republicans are at it again. They’d vowed to take a fresh look at themselves; then make concerted efforts to become a “more inclusive” political organization. That must’ve been a momentary self-delusion.They’re back to finding new ways to alienate everybody who isn’t a ...

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ItĢƵ not exactly a “holiday,” but April FoolĢƵ Day has been celebrated around the world for a long time.Like that almost-holiday, Halloween, when ghouls and goblins are at the forefront, the first day of April each year allows the very gullible to have their own day.I’ve tried, but ...

Conservatives touting Dr. Carson

Dr. Benjamin Carson is a brilliant man.HeĢƵ the son of a single mother, and he bootstrapped his way from poverty to the pinnacle of the medical profession.The 61 year-old father of three now heads the pediatric neurosurgery department at Johns Hopkins University: in 2008 he was awarded the ...