Newt Gingrich is a smart man. That's what I keep hearing.His ability to rattle-off his renditions of facts and figures, with such a matter-of-fact certainty, has helped catapult him into the current lead among Republican presidential candidates, who aren't Mitt Romney.But don't be fooled by ...
There are 351 days until the presidential election. By my calculation, Republicans could have 352 frontrunners before the polls open.It's been Herman Cain for weeks. He's fading fast, under the weight of his alleged serial groping and his oh-so apparent lack of knowledge about any matter more ...
On April 22, 1935, an estimated "35,000 men, woman and children jammed the city (of Uniontown) streets to participate in the greatest celebration its kind in the history of the community," claimed the Daily News Standard.There had been a parade through the streets with 15,000 miners and ...
Last Tuesday there were people lining up all over the place to let their voices be heard.Not so much at polling places, but in front of microphones -- accusing Herman Cain of unseemly behavior. It's the first time anybody ever claimed Cain knows anything about foreign policy. There are mounting ...
I don't quite know when I fell out of love with Major League baseball, but I can assure you I fell back in love with it this past season.Maybe it was the oh-so brief rise of the Pittsburgh Pirates. But it was confirmed with Game 6 of the World Series.The St. Louis Cardinals were one strike away ...
Heavy snow in late October is unusual.But it's not as unusual as you might suspect.I've found numerous occasions when Western Pennsylvania has been hit by heavy snow before Halloween over the years."Altoona (Pa.) railroad men report a slight fall of snow in the mountains," said an item in the ...