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A Sterling Silver decision

<em>“I am banning Mr. Sterling for life from any association with the Clippers organization of the NBA.”</em> -- NBA Commissioner Adam SilverThere is a day I’ll never forget.My mother stood on the front porch of our house on Coolspring Street, and the son of a ...

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There were lots of things happening in and around Uniontown in 1937.There was a trial involving the famous Monaghan case, and the famous “fan dancer” Sally Rand – a woman described as “the most widely known woman in the world,''- made a personal appearance at the State Theatre and at ...

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"Easter in St. Mary's marked by another riot,'' read the front-page headline that greeted readers of the Uniontown Morning Herald 99 years ago today.There had been a “bloody fight” that had erupted at St. MaryĢƵ Greek Catholic Church in New Salem right after the Easter Sunday sermon.While ...

The DonaldĢƵ “bobing” problem

<em>"The way President Obama runs down the stairs of Air Force 1, hoping (sic), bobing (sic) and jumping all the way, is so inelegant and so unpresidential.''</em>-- Billionaire/entrepreneur/reality TV show host/failed birther, Donald Trump on TwitterAs if Donald ...

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There was a time, I’m told, that young children, exasperated by their “overbearing” parents, would entertain notions of “running away with the circus.”Imagine the surprise that greeted UniontownĢƵ newspaper readers when they opened their editions of the Morning Herald on April 25, ...

Conservatives say the dumbest things

<em>“The best way to improve economic prospects for women is to improve job prospects for the men in their lives, even if that means increasing the so-called pay gap."</em>-- Conservative activist and anti-feminist, Phyllis Schlafly'Phyllis Schlafly Speaks – ...