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US must find a way to revive economy

Early in 1945, officials in the Roosevelt administration were busy making plans for the world emerging from the ruins of World War II.The role of global leader was new to the United States. In the four years since Pearl Harbor, the country had made a remarkable journey: it went from being a ...

Trump now turning out fake ads

Those of us who thought we could sleep easy at night, knowing there wonÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t be another presidential election for the next three and a half years, were wrong.The 2020 presidential campaign, it seems, has already begun.Last week, President Trump fired the first salvo in what appears to be his bid ...

Bailey Park work at a standstill

HereÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s the skinny on Bailey Park:Odds are our beautiful little gem of a ballpark will not be ready for play this spring or summer.For those who havenÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t been paying attention: for decades Bailey Park was a focal point of sports in Uniontown. Football. Mush ball. Marbles. (Look the last two ...

TrumpÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s highly taxing tax pan

Donald Trump needs a real legislative victory.He hasnÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t had any yet.So, heÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s proposing massive tax cuts that he feels will be tantalizing enough to gain robust congressional support.ThereÎÞëÊÓÆµ™s a fair amount of speculation that the idea of slashing corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 15 ...

The shoe is on the other foot

My vote for the toughest job in America is a Congressional Republican who holds a town hall meeting.Those things are getting downright nasty.By nasty, I mean, Republicans are encountering the kinds of vicious, verbal backlash that Democrats faced eight years ago ÎÞëÊÓÆµ“ but far worse.Of course, ...

‘Good death’ concept slowly gaining acceptance

My wife was very ill; 10 years earlier she had been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer. She underwent a double mastectomy, chemo and radiation treatment. Miraculously, she survived.Now, she was sick again; we werenÎÞëÊÓÆµ™t exactly sure what was wrong. For months and months she had suffered ...