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Something’s brewing, and it ain’t good

It seems more and more people are acting and talking crazy. ItĢƵ pretty dangerous stuff.Example: Before a vote last week by the Uniontown Area School Board to require student mask-wearing, to help stop the spread of a variant of the COVID-19 virus, a parent told the board, “This whole ...

Rail service within reach amid spending push

State officials are talking up the prospect of new passenger train lines and expanded service across the state, citing billions of dollars in expected economic benefits.But their vision could remain just that, unless they can scrape together enough state and federal funds to cover the new ...

Responding to offense

As I browse through social media, I find a lot of amusing things to read and see. And friendly correspondences with a variety of people who I may or may not have much, if anything in common. I seriously tend toward easy humor postings, family, and affirming comments to those who have negative ...

Strike unites would-be antagonists

Down Alabama way, a coal miners’ strike, now in its fourth month, echoes strikes in the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania in the 20th century.ItĢƵ eerie, and sad. Strangely, itĢƵ also hopeful.The strike by 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers at the Warrior Met coal mine in ...

The party of violence

A Republican running for Northampton County executive in Pennsylvania gave a heated address on Aug. 29 about mask mandates in schools. Steve Lynch is tired, he said, of providing his school board arguments and data (he apparently thinks the data support letting kids go maskless), but the ...

The hard choices presidents make

President BidenĢƵ meeting with the families of the 13 service members killed by ISIS-K terrorists at the Kabul airport during the recent airlifts out of Afghanistan was difficult, we are told.“Don’t forget that name,” said the father of one of the young Marines who died in the car ...