Longtime lawmaker John Murtha was an important foreign policy figure in Washington. The Johnstown congressman, who died 12 years ago at the age of 77, was a force to be reckoned with, even by presidents.A Democrat who at one time or another represented Fayette and portions of Washington County, ...
Yours truly poked his ear into a “telephone town hall” the other evening featuring UniontownĢƵ representative in the Pennsylvania House, Matthew Dowling, a Republican.Dowling, who was in a serious vehicle accident in October 2021, sounded in fine voice. How he felt he didn’t say. Even ...
Carl Bernstein, the <em>Washington Post</em> reporter who, in investigating the Watergate scandal, helped to bring down a corrupt presidency, was a journalistic prodigy.He entered the profession with the old <em>Washington Star</em> while ...