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Baseball always comes back

I’m nostalgic. Oh, it could be because I miss the Republican Party, the dear GOP of old, before it was taken over by loonies like Judge Roy Moore of Alabama.It could be because I miss George Bush. Both of them. Suffice it to say, Donald Trump is no Ronald Reagan. Where have you gone, Gipper? ...

Promises, Promises, Promises

Seven years, 60 votes and Obamacare has still not been repealed or replaced.This week, Republicans are hectically counting votes with their latest effort to gut Obamacare for the fourth time in three months.Ask any Republican why they keep trying, and they’ll tell you, “ThatĢƵ what we ...

The house that Thompson built

From Election Day 1904, when he cast a ballot for Theodore Roosevelt, until his death on Sept. 27, 1933, Josiah VanKirk Thompson lived at his estate just outside Uniontown.Now, 84 years after his demise, the future of the former Thompson house and grounds is ringed with uncertainty.Since it was ...

Chuck and Nancy meet ‘Amnesty Don’

President Trump has found a brand-new toy. ItĢƵ called bipartisanship.Two weeks ago, he sat down with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders in the Oval Office hoping to work out a plan to raise the nationĢƵ debt ceiling.He ignored his fellow RepublicanĢƵ plan, and he decided to ...

Republican views on taxes change over years

A willingness to consider new things is a hallmark of a mind alive to the possibilities of change. And since change is one of lifeĢƵ constants, thatĢƵ a good thing.However, some changes are simply too much.Take the Republican sea-change toward taxes. Once upon a time Republicans were ...

The Tale of Two Donalds

“You have people in this country for 20 years, they’ve done a great job, they’ve done wonderfully, they’ve gone to school, they’ve gotten good marks, they’re productive — now we’re supposed to send them out of the country?”<em>Donald Trump – 2011 – Fox ...