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Trump seems to always kiss up to Putin

The President of the United States can say anything he darned well pleases.Growing numbers of Americans, though, wish he wouldn’t.He’d been handed a National Security brief ahead of his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. Instead of using a little restraint -- he ...

Trade agreements in ’60s created has-been communities

In one of the stories looking back on the life of New York representative Louise Slaughter, who died recently, note was taken of a comment she made to Bill Clinton after he took over the negotiations with Mexico and Canada that resulted in the North American Free Trade Act, a measure first ...

Not exactly the Midas Touch

Last Tuesday night, the eyes of the nation were on PennsylvaniaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ 18th Congressional District.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ not that the result of that special election would have earth-shattering consequences.Not at all.By November, the state will have brand new congressional districts, and most of the 18th will ...

Exhibit to tell stories of World War II

Beginning soon at the Fayette County Historical Society as well as at other venues around the county, the story of World War II will be told in exhibit form. Here is a story of the Second World War that I first encountered years ago:This time of year in 1943 Alfred Wilson of Fairchance departed ...

A White House in the ‘Eye of the Storm(y)’

Stormy Daniels wants to tell her story.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ a story that involves a certain future president whom she claims was her lover back in 2006.Ms. Daniels, an adult film actress, once told her story to a magazine back in 2011.That she’d first had sex with Trump shortly after his wife had given ...

It’s time for a GOP boycott

For quite a few elections, in the 1970s and ’80s, I voted for any Republican running against the local Democratic congressman, Austin Murphy.I did so for one reason only, and it wasn’t because I was a fan of the GOP. I considered Murphy a very bad congressman, a no-account, do-nothing seat ...