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Basketball!

The Uniontown Red Raiders of my youth never lost a game.ThatĢƵ an exaggeration.They may have lost, but not nearly as much as they won.The Red Raider basketball teams of the mid-1950s until the mid-1960s functioned as precision-made machines – calibrated to destroy enemy high school ...

A special speakership: Nancy Pelosi

Wielding power is just as important as gaining power. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker that Republicans love to hate, is expert at both.Pelosi, 82, one of the most consequential speakers in U.S. history, has announced she is stepping away from the role, in time for a new ...

My advice for Republicans

Donald Trump is running for president – again.In case you hadn’t noticed, he never stopped running for president. Even when he was president.I’d like to take this time to offer a few words of advice to any Republican candidate who plans to follow TrumpĢƵ MAGA playbook.Go right ...

Last press run for Parade in print

Parade – the magazine – has been a delight for generations of newspaper readers. The Sunday supplement, around since 1941, is colorful, concise, and cleverly packaged.Alas, the print edition of Parade is no more. Starting this week you may peruse a digital edition of the magazine.ItĢƵ all ...

‘Red Wave’ meets a blue wall

Hardly anybody expected last TuesdayĢƵ results.Democrats were ready to run for political cover. All of that talk about a “Red Wave” darkening their role in Congress appeared to be a foregone conclusion.Many Republicans were already chilling champagne for a joyous night of ...

Parties need to reform themselves

In his after-action summation of last TuesdayĢƵ election, conservative Henry Olson concluded Republicans have to do better with suburban voters, like the ones in the neighborhoods outside of Philadelphia who backed Democrat John Fetterman in his Senate race against Mehmet Oz.Likewise, ...