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Political bosses weren’t so bad

In March 1936 — a long time ago — a Common Pleas Court judge by the name of Horatio Dumbauld addressed a letter to state Secretary of the Commonwealth David L. Lawrence.Judge Dumbauld more or less ran Democratic politics in Fayette County in those days. Lawrence was in charge of political ...

Muhammed Ali was ‘The Greatest’

Hillary Clinton is a free woman.Republicans were hoping otherwise.The presumptive Republican presidential nominee had even declared she’d be in prison pinstripes before the Democratic National Convention.That won’t happen.Instead, Republicans in Congress are thinking up new ways to ...

Is Trump another Goldwater?

The upcoming gathering of Republicans in Cleveland might yet turn into a wild affair if party officials and others adverse to Donald Trump can find a foothold to deny him the nomination.A chaotic convention, given the weird dynamics of this election year, might actually benefit the real estate ...

Did local doctor help Lincoln?

Smith Fuller was a Uniontown doctor and politician who may have pulled off the greatest coup in the history of party conventions. Then again, his claim about the convention may have been an attempt to get one over on the president-elect of the United States.If the latter is the case, he was ...

Trump off target as usual

ItĢƵ all about “the issues.”Supposedly.ThatĢƵ the go-to response by Donald TrumpĢƵ merry band of campaign apologists every time he shoots off his mouth.“We’re trying to make this about personalities. ItĢƵ not about personalities. This is about something that is much bigger than ...

Civilians play an important role in country

ThereĢƵ a tendency in the country to overvalue military service and to undervalue the civilian side of things. It would help if things were in better balance.In saying this I’m not being unappreciative of the sacrifices that are made on our behalf by the men and women of the military. I’m ...