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Frightening: The return of Trump

As Halloween approaches, hereĢƵ something scary to contemplate, and unlike black cats crossing your path and cracks in the sidewalk, this is real: Donald Trump as candidate for president of the United States.As spooky is what a third Trump candidacy would do to the GOP, whose Republican, ...

Democrats trip on way to nirvana

The past several weeks have not been kind to Democrats, and if they are unable to pass their sweeping domestic legislative agenda, at least in some form, things could go from bad to worse.Ten months into the Biden presidency, Democrats are in a deep funk.For one thing, their poll numbers are ...

Reviving democracy in the classroom

In an essay nine years ago, Eric Liu, a former White House adviser to President Bill Clinton, said that civics – as in high school history and social studies – was “unsexy.”A real turn-off, man.Kids aren’t learning a thing, Liu maintained. Or, they’re not learning whatĢƵ both ...

With gate off, is the game still on?

On Sept. 23, 1956, 44,932 “bug-eyed” fans (as Bob Prince would say) squeezed into Forbes Field, which had seating for only 34,249 of them.How the Pirates managed to accompany a crowd that was better than 10,000 overcapacity can hardly be imagined. Where did those without seats stand? How ...

Something’s brewing, and it ain’t good

It seems more and more people are acting and talking crazy. ItĢƵ pretty dangerous stuff.Example: Before a vote last week by the Uniontown Area School Board to require student mask-wearing, to help stop the spread of a variant of the COVID-19 virus, a parent told the board, “This whole ...

Strike unites would-be antagonists

Down Alabama way, a coal miners’ strike, now in its fourth month, echoes strikes in the coal fields of Western Pennsylvania in the 20th century.ItĢƵ eerie, and sad. Strangely, itĢƵ also hopeful.The strike by 1,100 members of the United Mine Workers at the Warrior Met coal mine in ...