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Agree to nothing

Thanks to a brand-new law – the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 – technology companies all over the United States may get a boost in the production of computer chips that’ll advance this country's technology for decades.Who could ever be against that?Republicans!When Democrats were busily ...

These questions need answered, now

Campaign season is upon us. Always earnest, sometimes farcical, but now grim as all get-out, politics takes center stage, along with football, football, and, yes, more football.In particular, and despite the best efforts of county Commissioners Scott Dunn and David Lohr (acting as members of ...

Our wonderful school days

ItĢƵ that time of the year.Schools all over the country are reopening.ItĢƵ been 60 years since I first walked through the doors at Park Elementary School, up there on Connellsville Street, to begin my educational journey.I still miss those days.To me, aside from Christmases and my ...

For president: Cheney of Wyoming

Having lost her seat in the House from Wyoming, Liz Cheney appears poised to run for president. A Republican, her goal will be to keep Donald Trump as far away from the White House as possible.“Of course she doesn’t win [the nomination],” Bill Kristol, the neo-conservative, Never-Trumper, ...

Don’t lock him up: Lock him down

Recently, Republicans have had cold political waters doused on their faces.They stood by, turning their thumbs down repeatedly, while their fellow Senate Democrats unanimously passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.The only contribution Senate Republicans made to the legislation was forcing ...

David McCullough: Goodbye to all that

David McCullough, who died last week at the age of 89, claimed to be a writer first, a historian second. A native of Pittsburgh (the 16th Street Bridge was renamed in his honor in 2013), McCullough was a master of the English language, as he demonstrated in a series of best-selling books, ...