This essay was written by Peter Funt. I was told I could speak with Ron during his lunch break, but to keep it brief and avoid highly personal questions. He was wearing a jumpsuit and sitting on a tree stump, eating a Government-issued baloney sandwich. This was a relatively easy
Written by Arthur Donart, Ph.D. Actually, I’m too old to go back and finish the job. By the time I was halfway through basic training, the Armistice had taken effect. In war, an armistice is a temporary cease fire; it is not a “peace treaty.” Enemies remain enemies. We have
Written by Arthur Donart, Ph.D. Judging from the spin, President Donald Trump’s trip abroad was a smashing success. I guess it all depends on how you define “success.” He went to Saudi Arabia and was greeted like a king, by a king. He must have loved it. King Salman must
This essay was written by Michael Reagan. Dear Mr. President: I have some more friendly but important advice for you. It’s not about your itchy Twitter finger or your golf game. I’ll take the great Ernie Els’ word for it, that you don’t need any golf tips from me. After
In his autobiographical book, Born A Crime, Trevor Noah cleverly points out the asinine aspects of apartheid and racism. It is a real eye-opener. The reader has to ask the question, “Why was this so crazy?” Yes, there is an explanation. The history is there. But behind the history is
A U. S. Senator from California is claimed to have said, “The first casualty when war comes is truth.” No, it wasn’t Senator Dianne Feinstein; it is attributed to Hiram W. Johnson in 1917. This was upon the U. S. entry into World War I. Before World War I, the
This editorial was written by Michael Reagan. Ratholes. Both parties in Washington can’t stop going down their favorite rathole. And the rest of us poor civilians from coast-to-coast and in-between have to watch–and suffer. The entire Country has been poisoned by the constant “I hate you more than you hate
Damn those Russians! Don’t they understand that messing in other countries’ elections is our intellectual property! Don’t they appreciate that we supported and funded Boris N. Yeltsin, their first President, after the breakup of the old Soviet Union in 1991? What makes them think they can mess around and support
Are you tired of the hassle with co-pays and deductibles? Are you sick with “in network provider” or “out of network provider?” Do you have to keep taking painkillers, while waiting for your insurance company to approve the surgery your doctor says you need? Ever wonder why people in other
No matter what you think of Donald J. Trump, you got to admit he’s a cracker-jack salesman, with an uncanny gift for manipulating the mainstream media, like a three-armed, rental clown juggling pin-pulled grenades, on an express elevator to hell. Every single day something he touches starts smoking. You’ve heard
It was a warm, sunny, Florida day on a Saturday morning, [February 25, 2017,] in downtown St. Pete. Nevertheless, several hundred people chose to meet with their Congressman, Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg), in front of his office. Unlike his Republican counterparts, Charlie walked among the crowd, chatting with the people,
Christine Flowers is an attorney and a columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News. Halima hid under the bed and tried not to watch as the soldiers slit her brother’s throat. It was 1999 in Sierra Leone, and the Country was in the middle of a bloody civil war. Halima waited
Will Durst is an award-winning, Nationally-acclaimed columnist, comedian, and former short-haul truck driver of plaster molds. Donald Trump is the political reincarnation of Tina Turner; he doesn’t do anything nice and easy. Also, they’re both Type A personalities who expend a lot of energy, but hardly move at all. And
Many of my good friends voted for Donald J. Trump. They really did not like Hillary Clinton and saw her as the Establishment candidate, the “Sage Canaday” [mountain-ultra-trail runner] of the rich and powerful, who have exploited them. The fact that the GOP Establishment didn’t like Trump made him and
Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. The demand for skilled laborers–electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and others–continues to soar, and that’s a good thing for America. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, skilled-trades jobs have increased by more than 1 million since 2012, “the most of any