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Let the presidential debates begin!

They’re lining up to take on the current president of these United States – “Smokin'" Joe Biden.There are two Democrats – anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and self-help author Marianne Williamson. ThereĢƵ a third-party candidate – Professor Cornel West.Republicans, though, are ...

Trump can expect GOP testimony

It will be the greatest of ironies if Donald John Trump is convicted of crimes against the Constitution he swore to uphold.How so?The first irony is obvious. Presidents are tasked with seeing that the laws are faithfully executed. Trump is the first and only president to be charged with ...

Another day. Another indictment. Another act!

One day last week, I can’t remember which one, Donald Trump didn’t get indicted!Otherwise, the book they keep throwing at him – gets more dog-eared daily.I think itĢƵ getting interesting because the more prosecutors prosecute him, the more he screams heĢƵ the target of abuse. HeĢƵ ...

A summer of violence in the county

This week nine decades ago Fayette County was on fire. The immediate cause of the unrest was union busting. The effect was widespread lethal disorder.“Notwithstanding the earnest desire of the mine workers to preserve peace in Fayette County, it had been evident that the H.C. Frick Coal and ...

LetĢƵ all hear it for the wonderful days of slavery?

Have you heard the latest?Slaves had themselves some big fun back in the day!ThatĢƵ the word out of Florida, where they’re rewriting history to include the happy-go-lucky, carefree lives of AmericaĢƵ slaves.Or it seems that way.According to the Florida Board of Education, middle school ...

‘Oppenheimer’ doesn’t get it right

A homeboy at heart, I half-waited for Gen. George C. Marshall to show up in “Oppenheimer” the movie.The Uniontown native and Army chief of staff during World War II did make a screen appearance, or at least I assume that was him being depicted sitting alongside Secretary of War Henry ...