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Prison debate reminiscent of Route 22

In fall 1968, a meeting was held in Hollidaysburg dealing with the proposed construction of a new four lane, limited-access Route 22 eastward past Blair’s county seat community, past Williamsburg Borough and into Huntingdon County. The project made sense then and it still makes sense, both from the stand- point of travel efficiency and potential economic development. But Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation made a big — some people would still judge it stupid — decision to opt for a construction corridor that would have bisected the Hollidaysburg Area School District ...

Overly broad language can be stealthy ploy against rights

The Washington State Legislature is considering new gun control measures — and one in particular illustrates the sort of semantic “two-step” skeptics of our Second Amendment rights often engage in. The first step is a proposal that some may find, at first glance and especially if they are not versed in the nuances of the issue, to be reasonable. In this case, it is an expansion of what the state will treat as “gun-free” zones to include sites where “children are likely to be present.” But consider for a moment just how vague that language is — and how, in a ...

America lost two heavyweight fighters with Love, Foreman

America lost two giants who appeared on different stages, and did not always win, but were examples for all of us to emulate. They both represented America admirably. One was a Gold Medal recipient in the Olympic Games before becoming a professional champion. The other made a mark in the halls of Congress representing the great state of Utah. They loved our country. Mia Love and George Foreman will be missed. Both had two careers. In the case of Foreman, his last career dwarfed his first one, which made him known to the world. Foreman, a two-time heavyweight boxing champion, turned ...

Fight an unfortunate reminder of need for sportsmanship

With coverage from Sports Illustrated, NBC, Fox, CBS, TMZ and USA Today, two communities in Pennsylvania are famous. Oh, wait. Wrong word. They’re infamous. With minutes to go in a PIAA boys basketball playoff game and Uniontown battling to mount a comeback against Meadville Area High School, a fight broke out in the stands. Then it spilled onto the court, where more fans and some players joined in. Now seven people are facing either charges or citations, among them a member of Uniontown’s team who was cited for disorderly conduct and an adult fan from Uniontown who was ...

If AOC is Democratic future, party worse off than we think

Even Will Rogers might be hard-pressed to come up with an appropriately harsh jibe about the current state of the Democrats. “I am not a member of any organized political party,” the 20th century humorist famously said. “I am a Democrat.” Now, the problem isn’t a lack of organization per se, but the hangover of their dogged, dishonest support for a comprehensively failed presidency, joined to an irrational commitment to outlandish positions on cultural issues. The Democrats shouldn’t be shocked that after insisting that Joe Biden was hale and hearty and fit to serve ...

Dems should stop rescuing Republicans

Chuck Schumer is right, and James Carville is right. They don’t want the Democratic Party getting pulled into MAGA’s cyclone of ruinous policy. To get to safety, they are reining in the left flank for whom the fight is all. The hotheads don’t recognize that bad timing loses battles. Senate Minority Leader Schumer took a good deal of incoming after he pushed his caucus to help pass the Republicans’ continuing resolution, thus not causing a government shutdown. The ensuing chaos would have rattled Americans more than Donald Trump and Elon Musk have already done. Do Democrats want ...