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GOP becoming the party of Fred and Barney

Centuries from now, archaeologists will discover that long-extinct species that had been so adept at shooting itself in the foot, it nearly became a monoped. There were the Cro-Magnons, Neanderthals – then the Republicans.They’d devolved from being hunters and gatherers to blatherers. A ...

Cell phones 2013: The new solitude

 First, my personal, unscientific theory.Since the last name of the inventor of the telephone was Bell, I’ve always thought our telephones “ring” when somebody calls us. What sounds, then, would our telephones make, if Alexander Graham BellĢƵ last name would have been Sneeze, or Cough ...

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A hundred years ago this week, the first of three Summit Mountain Hill Climbs was held.According to story on the front page of the June 18, 1913 edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald, “75 Cars entered for Hill Climb contest on Friday afternoon.''The Fayette County Auto Club was sponsoring ...

Racists can’t stomach Cheerios ad

The modern computer is an amazing device. It can allow you to perform a myriad of tasks -- almost effortlessly.You can conduct commerce; engage in an ever-increasing variety of communications; listen to music; watch movies; store and retrieve all manner of information, simply by clicking a ...

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One hundred years ago tomorrow (June 11, 1913), it was reported on the front page of the Uniontown Morning Herald that “Floats have been built, bands secured and special arrangements made for a surprising pageant this evening at 7:45 o’clock.”An estimated 5,000 men were expected to march ...

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On this day 100 years ago, the U.S. Postal Service announced it was undertaking a new feature -- C.O.D. mail.The June 3, 1913, edition of a local newspaper carried a front-page item that outlined the mechanics of what was called “cash on delivery” service.The “cash” was would eventually ...