When I was a small child, it was always a mystery to me why, on Christmas mornings, Pearl and Jack Owens used to hover over my older brother Marlin while we opened our presents.Heck, Santa Claus had done all of the hard work.He鈥檇 climbed down our (non-existent) chimney, and he littered our ...
I鈥檝e been fortunate. When I was in my preteens, and I decided that I鈥檇 make my life鈥檚 work 鈥渇inding out stuff and telling people about it,鈥� I never dreamed that I鈥檇 be lucky enough to do actually that.Along the way, I鈥檝e conducted (my estimate) well over 2,200 interviews.I had ...
Just as Uniontown is getting ready for Christmas this year, holiday preparations were well underway 107 years ago this week.There was a front page story in the Dec. 12, 1907 edition of the Uniontown Morning Herald that certainly must have caught the eyes of everybody with a sweet ...
There were two things that were on the minds of Fayette County鈥檚 newspaper readers 71 years ago this week.While war was being waged in Europe, in December of 1941, there were ominous signs that a new war -- this time in the Pacific -- could ensnare the United States.And there was that ...
Dear Santa, I don鈥檛 know if you remember me, but I wrote you when I was five years old. I was a Republican, just because 鈥淚 Liked Ike.鈥滻鈥檓 a 64 year-old Democrat now, who's been a good boy (don鈥檛 you call me that) mostly. I hear you鈥檙e a Democrat, too. You ride all over the place ...
"Lincoln'' (the movie) has enjoyed tremendous success in theaters. Unfortunately for Lincoln (the man) that wasn鈥檛 always the case.I didn鈥檛 create that joke. I鈥檓 merely passing it along.As for the movie, whenever I sit through a two and a half hour movie, without ever peeking at my watch, ...