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And now, this from crankland USA

The Smartless podcast recently hosted two former Democratic presidents of the United States - Bill Clinton and Barack Obama - along with President Joe Biden The hour-long program with the three presidents was not a hard hitting affair. The podcast hosts, actors Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, and ...

A Message from Mr. COVID-19 – Again!

Occasionally, I find myself engaging in nostalgia. In the past, I’ve written about the joys of penny candy; the pleasures of those Saturday afternoon-long kiddy shows down at the State Theatre in Uniontown; and those seemingly endless summer days playing up there on East End ...

Jinxed: the state and the presidency

Pennsylvania, one of the largest, most populous states in the Union, had produced one president, and by all accounts, that one president was woeful. He was James Buchanan. He was president in the lead-up to the Civil War. The knock against Buchanan, who hailed from Lancaster (where his home, ...

Dems need to show up and show off

President Biden, campaigning in Pittsburgh last Wednesday, promised cheering steelworkers to keep U.S. Steel in American hands, despite a $14.9 billion deal on the table to sell the iconic and one-time industrial behemoth to a Japanese firm. The president's stop came on the heels of the visit ...

Donald TrumpĢƵ biggest lie so far

Last Monday, America stopped for 4 minutes to allow for a momentous occasion. No. Not that little solar eclipse thing. I’m talking about Donald TrumpĢƵ 4 ½-minute video, in which he supposedly spelled out his “true” stand on the issue of abortion. The whole thing reminded me of ...

A springtime of tragic foreboding

There are some travelers I'd like you to meet. They are from an antique land: America in the spring of 1861. It was April, normal in many ways for the residents of Uniontown. Merchants, such as Calvin Springer, proprietor of the McClellan House hotel on Main Street, and C.S. Seaton and George ...