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Trump keeps digging hole for himself

The world was greeted with the tragic news that many people had been brutally murdered at an Orlando, Florida nightclub on June 12.Millions of Americans looked on in horror as reporters tried to piece together the limited information that first trickled out.These kinds of news stories always ...

Frick donation still with us today

H.C. Frick is not known as a benefactor when it comes to Fayette County. Nearly a hundred years after his death, the mines he once owned continue to spill toxins into county streams.FrickĢƵ hostility to the trade union movement was titanic, the residue of which continues to resonate.In short, ...

The saga of TrumpĢƵ human pretzels

Donald Trump ignited his most recent outcry all by himself. He voluntarily invoked the ongoing civil fraud cases against Trump University at a campaign rally in San Diego on May 27th.According to Trump, the U.S. District Court Judge hearing the cases, Gonzalo Curiel, is a “hater,” who just ...

Hillary gets under Trump’s skin

Donald Trump claims he knows more about how to defeat ISIS than the generals.HeĢƵ lying!He’d risen to the rank of captain at New York Military Academy back in 1964, so heĢƵ convinced he knows a thing or two about vanquishing complicated enemies.After being a cadet, he avoided military ...

What does Trump really stand for?

The way I see it, if on Nov. 8, I’ve suffered 200 hours of sleep deprivation; I arrive at my local polling place in a drunken stupor; a poll worker hands me a blindfold, and a six-digit cashierĢƵ check – I may pull the lever for Trump!I’m beginning to understand his lure.Donald J. Trump ...

Unions fueled rise of middle class

We are hearing a lot of talk about the contraction of the American middle class as we begin this journey through the 21st century, as well as the vast expansion of the middle class in the middle years of the last century.According to many commentators, the emergence of the middle class after ...