ĢƵ columnist Al Owens can't have it both ways!I find it disturbing that on one side of the $20 bill Al Owens in his May 2 column about Harriet Tubman clearly points out the impact of others' racist behaviors to defend the planned image of a former slave on the $20 bill.On the other ...
When I was a kid, my parents would frequently tell me that, “Money burns a hole in your pocket.”As soon as I’d accumulate more than a few pennies, I was off to the neighborhood corner store to retrieve a handful of penny candy.I was guilty as charged.But since U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack ...
A recent letter to the editor by Rob Dandrea stated that he was not a college graduate, but has been able to build a successful business with just a high school education. Great for Mr. Dandrea! He joined the ranks of thousands upon thousands of Americans who have had successful businesses ...
They tell us that Donald Trump is turning over a new leaf.That since heĢƵ well on the road to his nomination, heĢƵ going to mix a little Dr. Jekyll with his Mr. Hyde.HeĢƵ hired some skilled campaign vets to help him temper his, well, his temper, so that he can show that he can become more ...
This letter is in response to a letter-to-the-editor by Joe Mitchell in Sunday's paper on former WTAE anchor Wendy Bell.I agree with him on just about everything he said. Everything except her "firing.'' I would have to believe that journalists have a different set of standards than they have ...
I thought that I knew all there was to know about Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson until last week.Thanks to Ken Burns’ comprehensive portrait of the man during his two-part, four hour PBS series, simply titled “Jackie Robinson,” I realized how complex his life story had been.I’d ...