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When Ted Nugent speaks…

Ted Nugent talks too much.I say let him keep talking.The aging (heĢƵ two months younger than me) rock ‘n rolling, gun-loving, draft-dodging “Motor City Madman,” is never short on words, nor long on intelligent ones.Ask him a question, and a verbal low blow falls out.HeĢƵ recently ...

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William Styron was one of the most acclaimed writers of the 20th Century.His fact-based novel “The Confessions of Nat Turner” about a failed slave uprising, ignited controversy in 1967. But it would also earn the highest form of praise -- a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. StyronĢƵ next novel, ...

Getting ready for some baseball

Pitchers and catchers reported last week.To be more precise, the Pittsburgh Pirates are preparing to defend their newfound empire against all enemies, foreign (the Cincinnati Reds) and domestic (themselves).With the Pirates heading to Bradenton (position players are scheduled to report today), ...

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It certainly must have raised lots of eyebrows in Uniontown on Feb. 18, 1952, when the readers of the Evening Standard learned that “Uniontown (is) Going To (the) Dogs.”That was according to UniontownĢƵ Police Chief Alfred W. Davis, who was fed up with all of the stray dogs that had begun ...

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I’m always pleasantly surprised when I research one of these columns, and I discover facts that I’d never considered.While we see paid television services like Netflix as being the latest in the marriage of high-tech TV and telephone technologies, itĢƵ really been more than 60 years that ...

Coca Cola ad stirs controvesy

Well, Coca Cola has gone and done it. ItĢƵ managed to tick-off that fragile segment of the America that can’t stand to hear people from all over the world sing.It didn’t used to be that way.Back in 1971, it wowed much of America with that catchy, multicultural ditty -- “I’d Like to ...