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In the “My, How Things Have Changed,” category (something I just made up on the fly), I’ve found a few old newspaper items that would seem mighty odd if they were printed today.On June 7, 1941, was an advertisement for the movie “The Great American Broadcast” that used the phrase ...

LetĢƵ impeach Charles Krauthammer

Fox News has a brand-new enemy -– beards.According to one of the co-hosts of the oft fact bereft Fox & Friends -– Brian Kilmeade -– Sgt. Bowe BergdahlĢƵ father, Robert, has a beard that makes him appear to be a Taliban sympathizer.“I mean, he says he was growing his beard ...

Joe the PlumberĢƵ words of wisdom?

On Oct. 12, 2008, Samuel Wurzelbacher confronted Sen. Barack Obama while he was on a campaign stop in Wurzelbacher's Ohio neighborhood.Wurzelbacher asked, “I’m getting ready to buy a company that makes $250,000 to $280,000 a year. Your new tax planĢƵ going to tax me more, isn’t ...

Did you know?

I’ve frequently mentioned the baseball legends who’ve displayed their enormous talents on local ball fields.Dizzy Dean, Honus Wagner, Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, the Homestead Grays, the Pittsburgh Crawfords, the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Giants have all delighted local baseball ...

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On this date 98 years ago, it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that local hotelier George Titlow had collected $150 toward the townĢƵ first ambulance.Private subscribers were being solicited around the area who would contribute $1 each (“the maximum amount that ...

Foul wind by any other name

<em>“WhatĢƵ in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”</em><em>William Shakespeare, from Romeo and Juliet</em>This is that rare occasion when I quote old Bill Shakespeare.Come to think of it, I’ve ...