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Obama speaks directly to people of Fayette County

So much has been written about President ObamaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ state-of-the-union message that the nation should keep its distance from that Donald Trump fella, that you may have missed some other important points the president made, including one with particular meaning for those of us who live in former ...

Marshall had to be tough on brass to win WWII

Army Chief of Staff and Uniontown native George C. Marshall didn’t brook excuses, especially excuses lodged by other generals.In the weeks and months before Japanese planes launched the United States into World War II, Marshall fired at least 600 top Army officers who, he judged, were too ...

LetÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ drug test public officials

Republicans all over the country are trying to put a stop to welfare recipients spending taxpayer money on drugs.ThereÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ one problem with that.Those states are spending more money giving people drug tests, than they are saving by keeping drug users off of their welfare rolls.Back in 2009, one ...

With Friends Like These…

When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president in June, mainstream Republicans treated it with curiosity, then ambivalence, then anxiety -- now dread. Panic is next.TrumpÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ possible nomination is a joy to behold for Democrats.For many Republicans, though, it could become a road map ...

Year in Review: Lies, Exaggerations and The Donald

June 16th, 2015, is a day that will live in infamy. ThatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ the day that Donald Trump formally announced he was staking his claim on the presidency. ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ been downhill ever since.The DonaldÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ announcement speech, alone, helped spring into action an army of fact-checkers -- never before ...

J.V. Thompson’s legacy called into question

Did you know Uniontown once had a bank the feds considered too big fail?History is a matter of second- and even third-looks. Earlier this year we marked the centennial of the bankruptcy of J.V. Thompson, the coal land mogul and banker whose financial collapse in 1915 scuttled a number of ...