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And the impeachment fireworks begin

 I remember waking up very early on the morning of May 17th, 1973.That was the opening day of the Senate Watergate Committee hearings.I also remember being a little disappointed, because nobody managed to finger Richard Nixon as the culprit of the Watergate break-in.Instead, all we got were ...

Democrats to Trump: Here, you win

The other day at a Harrisburg press briefing, Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey highlighted one more way Democrats are angling to lose to Donald Trump in 2020.“The top Democratic presidential candidates,” the senator said, “are competing with each other over who can do more harm to this ...

HeĢƵ going it alone

President Trump is one world leader that stands alone.HeĢƵ the only head-of-state to have walked away from a plan that had been embraced by leaders around the world – The Paris Climate Agreement.He’d promised he’d do it.Last Monday he did.While 187 countries across the globe signed onto ...

Remember the soldier on Vets Day

Army Captain Jack Golden wrote his father from Europe during World War II: “I feel like I’m 80.” He was 22-years-old in 1944. “You get so tired you stop doing the small things that are important to your safety and if you get tired enough you don’t care whether you live or die.... We ...

Impeachment: Something a tweet can’t stop

ThereĢƵ unrest all over the world.In the Catalonia region of Spain, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the streets – protesting for secession. They don’t want to be part of Spain, anymore.In Lebanon, Iraq, Bolivia, Pakistan, Chili, and Hong Kong there are hundreds of thousands ...

Wanted: campaign crackle-and-pop

A little after 10 on a recent Saturday morning, Vince Vicites stepped from a vehicle in front of the local UMW headquarters near the Walmart in South Union TownshipVicites, the long serving Fayette County commissioner, was here in his role as candidate Vince Vicites. HeĢƵ up for reelection on ...