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Vote on Tuesday – if you can

The Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan is notorious for having written in November 2012 that she believed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was going to win the election based on the number of yard signs she had seen and “vibes.” It turned out, however, that the ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: Austin Murphy, the former congressman and state legislator, died last weekend at the age of 96, and as a remembrance that appeared in the ĢƵ noted, his time in the public eye was noteworthy for both accomplishment and controversy. By the time Murphy, a Democrat, won a ...

Why do we have to keep doing this grass thing?

My grandmother always had a few feral outside cats that she fed and nurtured. Interestingly enough, because she couldn’t stand bloodshed, she put collars with loud bells on them to provide a warning to the very wildlife they were intended to thwart. As a result, when the previous owners ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: When you mention Ohiopyle, everyone automatically thinks of the state park, and understandably so – thousands of visitors are drawn every year to its hiking trails, waterfalls and opportunities for biking and camping. The borough of Ohiopyle doesn’t receive as much attention, but ...

Get out and appreciate the eclipse on Monday

What could be bigger than Taylor Swift? Maybe the solar eclipse that is set to happen Monday. Various prognosticators say the rare alignment of the Earth, moon and sun will be a bonanza for the slice of the United States stretching from Texas to Maine that will experience a total eclipse. ...