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The hard choices presidents make

President BidenĢƵ meeting with the families of the 13 service members killed by ISIS-K terrorists at the Kabul airport during the recent airlifts out of Afghanistan was difficult, we are told.“Don’t forget that name,” said the father of one of the young Marines who died in the car ...

The Plaza, or hanging with George

ItĢƵ too bad George Marshall never became president of the United States. If he had, Uniontown today might have a presidential library. Tourists (and scholars) would be knocking themselves silly to get here, clogging the sidewalks, spending money.Alas, Marshall was never commander-in-chief. ...

Bailey Park: The reality and the dream

It was a cloudy, rainy day.Under the sheltering roof of the city pavilion that sits not far from Pennsylvania Avenue, Mayor Bill Gerke gestured in appreciation toward Mark John - otherwise known as Mookie - who has been placed in charge of engineering what would be a remarkable turn around: the ...

Infrastructure bill will test Biden

The struggle over an infrastructure bill in Congress may have a way to go. But rest assured, thereĢƵ a professional in the White House whoĢƵ determined to see it across the finish line.In the first eight months of his presidency, Joe Biden has shown the value of having an experienced ...

J. Veech: hot, hardy and harassed

On the theory that itĢƵ good to look back, here is a story of one James Veech of Uniontown, lawyer, businessman, and, in the first summer of the American Civil War, one of three men appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to ensure that volunteer militias were paid on time and in the right ...

J. Veech: hot, hardy and harassed

On the theory that itĢƵ good to look back, here is a story of one James Veech of Uniontown, lawyer, businessman, and, in the first summer of the American Civil War, one of three men appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to ensure that volunteer militias were paid on time and in the right ...