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Trump should be ashamed of his lies

My wife and I recently saw the (somewhat) acclaimed movie “Arrival.”In it, we witnessed 12 giant cucumber-shaped pods hovering above the earth with their shadowy inhabitants making efforts to communicate with we curious earthlings.I bought the premise. My wife, though, didn’t.The ...

Trump takes to Twitter to spread more lies

“If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to ‘tweet.’ Sadly, I don't know if that will ever happen!”A Tweet by President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 5.ItĢƵ sort of an unwritten rule to reserve scrutiny of new presidents during their ...

Uniontown misses out on Big Mac Museum

(Editor's note: This column originally appeared in the ĢƵ in September of 2007. Jim Delligatti died last week).Last week, there was a celebration heard ‘round the world. McDonaldĢƵ, as part of the 40th year celebration of the creation of the Big Mac, trumpeted the opening of ...

TrumpĢƵ nonexistent popular vote lead

I keep reading that Donald Trump is now leading in the popular vote.He isn’t.He never has led.According to some legitimate vote-counters, Hillary Clinton may end up with as many as two million more votes than Trump.Yet, one fake news web site claims that, “FINAL ELECTION 2016 NUMBERS: TRUMP ...

Trump needs to act presidential

Dear Donald, I know I’ve said some mighty terrible things about you over these past 18 months.Believe me, I meant every one of them!You deserved them.But since you’ll be handed the reins of the presidency in 68 short days (for those of us who didn’t support you), or 97,920 long minutes ...

Trump can’t compare to Lincoln

ItĢƵ been a long, hard slog.All of this started when the ex-U.S. Senator from Virginia, Jim Webb, announced he was forming an exploratory committee for a possible run for the presidency.Remarkably, that was on Nov. 20, 2014.Tomorrow, that’ll be 719 long, long days ago.Webb didn’t stand a ...