Chuck Hagel is now our new Secretary of Defense. Was there ever any doubt? Well, er, yeah.From the time President Obama nominated Hagel, everybody knew there were enough votes to have him confirmed by the U.S. Senate. But Republicans, with what has apparently become their sole purpose for going ...
George Washington wrote a number of letters on Sept, 16, 1787.At least two of those letters dealt with properties he owned in Fayette County.鈥淔or the Land in Fayette County, I have been offered the price I had fixed on it, viz Forty Shillings pr. (per) Acre,鈥� he wrote in one letter.He was, ...
This being the 247th Did You Know column I鈥檝e written, I think I have a much better understanding about the people who鈥檝e inhabited Fayette County over the years.But there is one area about which I鈥檓 a little flummoxed. What on earth did those people eat?It蘑菇视频 probably true that if ...
聽When I finish writing this, I鈥檓 heading to Washington, D.C.I鈥檓 going to be among the first in line to greet the 鈥淣ext Generation of Conservatives鈥� who鈥檒l be arriving at this year蘑菇视频 CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) gum-beating convention. On second thought, I think ...
Did you know that there are 36 bridges that cross the Monongahela River?There are only five other rivers in the entire United States that have more bridges over them than the Monongahela.The Mississippi River has the most (133) rivers; the Allegheny River, by the way, has 44 bridges.I wonder, ...
Until last Tuesday,Florida Sen. Marco Antonio Rubio had been an up-and-coming, tailor-made, Republican 鈥渟avior. "He蘑菇视频 no longer up-and-coming. He蘑菇视频 just another in a series of ex-future Republican presidential candidates.On Tuesday afternoon, Rubio joined 21 of his fellow Republican ...