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Public should get answers to fatal police chases

Something is terribly wrong, or is it just a spate of tragic misfortune?Three fatal civilian crashes involving high-speed state police car chases in a month in Fayette County. Maybe state officials should launch an investigation.Here are some questions they may want to ask: What was so urgent ...

Win the Presidency. Lose Your Soul

The only thing that stemmed the mediaĢƵ increasing scrutiny of Dr. Ben CarsonĢƵ biography, temporarily at least, was the fourth Republican presidential debate.Carson had been so incensed about every perceived crack in his life story, that he’d started to double down on his stories about ...

If you can’t stand the heat…

Have you noticed that every one of these candidates say, 'Obama's weak. Putin's kicking sand in his face. When I talk to Putin, he's going to straighten out.’ Then it turns out they can't handle a bunch of CNBC moderators at the debate.”President Obama at a New York fundraiser last Monday ...

Fayette County should look at home-rule option

I paraphrase: county government is the worst form of government except for ...Oops, I’m at a loss. I have no zinger to add, like ... “except for all the others” or “except for a dictatorship of the proletariat.”No, quite truthfully, PennsylvaniaĢƵ traditional and historical form of ...

Republicans complain about everything

Some people who know me, mistakenly believe that I that I feel itĢƵ the end of the world, the moment the Pittsburgh Pirates get eliminated from the play-offs.Nope!My official day of mourning follows the final pitch of the World Series.So, long after Andrew McCutchen clears out his PNC Park ...

Presidential candidates must be real these days

One of John KennedyĢƵ great virtues as a politician was his refusal to say and do things that he deemed inauthentic. Once, while campaigning for president, he listened as some other candidates extolled their humble roots. The son of one of AmericaĢƵ richest men began his own remarks with a ...