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Humility a necessity to serve the people

Jesus was not a humble guy.Not he who said, ëƵI am the way, the truth and the light.ëƵ Not the guy who proclaimed that the only way to get past the pearly gates was through him.Certainly not the fella who turned water into wine to the delight of thousands of thirsty spectators.And yet ... ...

Trumpcare: Dead at age 6 months

 We are gathered here today, to pay our respects to the ëƵBetter Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.ëƵThe ëƵBetterëƵ has died a slow, but steady death at the hands of the 47, 48, 49 or 50 U.S. Senators whoëƵve seen no real value in keeping it alive.You may not know it by its formal name. So, ...

Arnold City once center of coal union battle

The Wikipedia entry for Arnold City goes like this: ëƵArnold City is an unincorporated community ... in far northwestern Fayette County. As of the 2010 census the population was 498.ëƵElsewhere on the internet you learn the median income in Arnold City (which, by the way, shouldnëƵt be ...

A Trump DoesnëƵt Fall Far From The Tree

There he was.The President of the United States of America, flying home from Europe on Air Force One.It was Saturday, and Mr. Trump was, no doubt, preparing to regale us with some hyperbolic, self-congratulatory bibble babble about how heëƵd wowed the G20.He hadnëƵt, by the way.HeëƵd merely ...

Youth baseball a boon to other locales

While, in Uniontown, Bailey Park bakes indifferently in the summer heat, other ballparks, in other towns, serve as veritable cash registers for their communities.Youth baseball, as crass and as improbable as it sounds, can help fill coffers, and then some.I mentioned Bridgeport, W.Va., in a ...

Thaddeus Fowler more than mapping genius

From time to time ëƵ in curio shops, at booths in the center of malls, at estate sales and summer flea markets ëƵ you might run across an authentic slice of Americana ëƵ a birdëƵs-eye map of a city or town, including many western Pennsylvania towns.Look for them; theyëƵre worth your ...