Mike Pence thinks he has a shot at the presidency.You can imagine how the conversation went with his political advisors: People are tired of Trump. They want to move on. And you鈥檙e the perfect person to fill the void. You served him faithfully, but when it came to violating the Constitution, ...
I spent a recent afternoon at the University of Pittsburgh archives looking at the papers of John P. Murtha, the late congressman who at one time represented Fayette County on Capitol Hill.At his death in 2010, the Johnstown Democrat was the 鈥渄ean鈥� of the state鈥檚 congressional delegation. ...
It鈥檚 highly unlikely that anyone turns cartwheels when they pay their property taxes, but the idea that the money is going to the school up the street to educate neighborhood children can provide some solace.The reality, however, is that a chunk of those resources are being diverted from ...
<strong>Cheers:</strong> The smell of funnel cake, excited yelling from rides, concerts, contests and 4-H shows are all a part of what makes county fair season a truly special time in our area. Between yesterday (the start of the Fayette County Fair) and Aug. 27 (the ...
How inevitable is a third consecutive nomination of Donald Trump? Partisan commentators, when it suits their purposes, tend to assume it is so.Republicans who remain supporters of the 45th president point to data showing he remains popular among his party鈥檚 voters. They also recall how loudly ...
鈥淚t鈥檚 not like in the movies,鈥� is good advice for almost any field or endeavor, from war to Wall Street. But perhaps nowhere is it more true than in politics.At the end of 鈥淢r. Smith Goes to Washington,鈥� Claude Raines admits he was the villain all along. Lonesome Rhodes, the populist ...
