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ItĢƵ beginning to look a lot like, well, Thanksgiving, everywhere we go.That means the start of the Christmas season, with its long lines at checkout counters, and heavy Internet traffic – filled with shoppers eagerly hoping to make those great deals.But long before there was anything ...

The perils of free speech gone wild

U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is facing an unspeakable tragedy. The sorrow caused when a parent outlives a child, I’m told, is excruciating and unthinkable. InhofeĢƵ 52 year-old son, Perry, died in a plane crash last week. He genuinely deserves our condolences.Yet, thereĢƵ something ...

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"Another banker arrested,'' read the bold front-page headline atop the Feb. 8, 1952 edition of the Pittsburgh Press.The Press reported that there had been a “wave” of bank embezzlements in the region within the past year and a half that reached a total of $3.5 million.Those were the ...

Molehill becomes a mountain

Rand Paul is a rising star in the Republican Party. The Pittsburgh native and junior U.S. Senator from Kentucky has been on the cutting edge of Republican foot-dragging since he was sworn-in on Jan. 5, 2011.Unlike the flamboyant, filibuster-happy Senator from Texas -- Ted Cruz -- when Rand Paul ...

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I always seem to come across lots of world class musicians who’ve paid visits and, of course, brought their musical talents to Fayette County.My favorite find in that area was the October 1920 concert performed by John Philip Sousa at the Penn Theatre in downtown Uniontown.But in early winter ...

Presidential campaign for 2016 gets started

The darling of the outer fringe of the Republican Party, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, paid a visit to Iowa a few days back. He took a victory lap (of sorts) for helping to shut down the government and causing it to lose billions of dollars.Sen. Cruz, R-Texas, they say, is cruising toward a run for the ...