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I vividly remember the precise moment I heard the news that President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in Dallas.IÎÞëÊÓƵ™m not unlike most people who had that moment seared into their memories.?Many young Americans had not yet been so close to tragedy ÎÞëÊÓƵ” or even known such things could happen.Yet, ...

Palin has trouble keeping facts straight

I'd intended to come here today and join the growing chorus calling for Congressman (that 47 year-old teenager) Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y) to resign.If he hasn't resigned by the time this get's published - he should.That said, Sarah Palin's perpetual inclination to grab headlines wherever she can ...

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On Nov. 2, 1944, U.S. Sen. Harry S. Truman, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, rode through the streets of Uniontown.According to the Uniontown Evening Standard's account of the visit, Truman told the nearly 2,000 enthusiastic Republicans and Democrats who gathered on the lawn of the ...

It’s just Sarah being Sarah

Election Day 2012 is just 521 days away.Are you ready to vote?Republicans are fumbling around trying to find the perfect candidate to take on Barack Obama. The current list of declared, undeclared or frequently mentioned Republican presidential candidates are: Herman Cain, Jon Huntsman, Rick ...

Medicare could be GOP’s Waterloo

Dancing with the MedicareLast Tuesday was a good day.Not only did Hines Ward elevate Steeler Nation by taking home that "Dancing with the Stars'' Mirror Ball trophy, but thanks to the results of the special election in New York, congressional Republicans saw their political lives pass right ...

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First, here's a clarification.I'd written on May 9 that the military publication Stars and Stripes (Pacific Edition) had first published a 1991 story about a seven-foot tall plastic Elby's Big Boy statue that had been "kidnapped" from the top of a Fayette County restaurant and hauled it away on ...