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The great harm some politicians do

Last Sunday, the stateĢƵ 14th District congressman, Guy Reschenthaler, emailed a request for money to fight the “liberal ... socialist” agenda of the Democrats.Now, when the Republican Reschenthaler was running for the job against the Democrat Bibi Boerio last fall, he was mostly ...

President attacks Obamacare again… again?

Robert Mueller has finally spoken.President Trump can breathe easy.He is not going to jail; he probably won’t face impeachment; he can gloat all he likes -- "cause there really was no collusion!"It should be clear sailing toward the 2020 election.Whom am I trying to kid?Trump being Trump, and ...

April 1934: A Mitchell Day rumble

Many in the march wore white shirts and white caps. Others wore sweaters stitched with the name and the number of their union local.Uniontown area barbers rode on a float for the parade; factory hands from UniontownĢƵ Richmond Radiator plant walked; a young girl marching with the Allison mine ...

Have you no dignity, Mr. President?

<em>“I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted, which as president I had to approve. I don’t care about this. I didn’t get a thank you. ThatĢƵ OK. We sent him on the way. But I wasn’t a fan of John McCain.”</em>-- President Trump, in a speech in Lima, ...

Grand vision and practical politics

Gene Sperling thinks too great an emphasis on specifics — like Medicare for All — gets in the way of realizing some really worthwhile things, such as eventually securing health insurance for every American.Sperling, who directed the National Economic Council under both Presidents Clinton ...

How not to help your child

All parents want whatĢƵ best for their children.Some parents want more than others.Those parents break laws, the rules of decency or both to give their kids an unfair help.A few years ago, I happened to ask a legendary high school basketball coach how the game had changed since he started ...