One thing you can count on in American politics is the ever-changing political landscape.Republican strategist, Karl Rove, has been oft-misquoted as having said he'd like to see a "permanent Republican majority." What Rove did say was, "I (would) like to see the Republican Party be the dominant ...
Most of Uniontown native George C. Marshall's acclaim was about his truly laudable efforts during and after WWII.Yet, there are a few fragments of his history that aren't mentioned as frequently that took place years before.In August of 1923, for instance, Maj. Marshall accompanied the renowned ...
If you listen closely to Republicans, you can learn as much by what they don't say, as what they do.There have already been seven Republican presidential debates going back to May 5. I've taken a real close look at the transcripts of each. It is quite clear Republicans like to talk about ...
Last week, Ken Burns' excellent PBS documentary "Prohibition," chronicled this country's futile attempts to control the flow of alcoholic beverages.It's worth noting that Southwestern Pennsylvania played a part in that chapter of American history.For instance, did you know that the term ...
Republicans just want to "shrink the size of the federal government." They'd like to "rein in" federal spending, and "get the federal government out of our lives."Fat chance. Because when they're not making public pronouncements about their aversion for "out of control" government spending, ...
Fifty-six years ago today, there was even more hope that the scourge of polio would be completely erased from the face of the earth.Dr. Jonas Salk announced he was about to embark on new tests that would, hopefully, provide a vaccine that would have been even more potent than the one he had ...