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Here comes that bold-faced liar again!

We were all warned. On Jan. 21, 2017, brand new White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer stood before the assembled world media and told a magnificent whopper about the previous day’s presidential goings-on. He boasted that it had been the “largest audience to ever witness an ...

Occasionally, I find myself engaging in nostalgia. In the past, I’ve written about the joys of penny candy; the pleasures of those Saturday afternoon-long kiddy shows down at the State Theatre in Uniontown; and those seemingly endless summer days playing up there on East End ...

Donald Trump’s biggest lie so far

Last Monday, America stopped for 4 minutes to allow for a momentous occasion. No. Not that little solar eclipse thing. I’m talking about Donald Trump’s 4 ½-minute video, in which he supposedly spelled out his “true” stand on the issue of abortion. The whole thing reminded me of ...

U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler has introduced H.R. 7845, a bill “To designate the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia as the ‘Donald J. Trump International Airport.’” I don’t seek to find humor in many things. That, though, made me laugh. Reschenthaler and six of ...

The Thrill of Sports…

How do you bring entire communities together? Two things. It starts with a fast break. It ends with an easy layup. In recent winters, you could watch Uniontown’s wildly cheering fans erupt simultaneously at high school gymnasiums all over western Pennsylvania. That’s what sports can ...

As if anybody is being held in suspense – Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden are two salty old men – one of whom will be the nation’s next president – again. They’re now, officially, both “presumptive nominees” – again. And the American public is bracing itself for the ...