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Can the beer industry still brew up a comeback?

It’s a drastically different world than when I was working a summertime job during college. The first summer, a middle-aged co-worker would proudly pat his ample stomach and announce, “This is my baby — Bud Miller!”

Tweet presidentially, Mr. Trump

Trump is still being Trump. Whether he’s holding his stand-up political rallies in Wilkes-Barre or Ohio, or delivering his incendiary early morning tweet storms, he’s not going to change his wild and crazy ways.

Valentino Dixon’s lesson in injustice

Valentino Dixon’s lesson in injustice “If it wasn’t for my artwork and God, there’s no way we’d be having this conversation right now.”

Home alone no way to work

Just as more private-sector organizations are calling telecommuting workers back to the office, two politicians in Washington hope to encourage federal agencies to allow more government employees to work from home.

News by the numbers

“90% of media coverage of my Administration is negative, despite the tremendously positive results we are achieving.” No need to check the math in President Trump’s recent tweet. For argument’s sake let’s say he’s correct.

​A man of God sins against my father

If a liberal like Jesse Jackson went on CNN and accused my father of being a “known womanizer” like President Trump, conservatives across America would go off the rails. They’d defend the reputation of Ronald Reagan to the max and blast Jackson for his false and evil equivalency.

Too many innocents getting the death penalty

Down in the Bayou State, there’s a clamor for more executions. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry makes no bones about his feelings. More executions — including nitrogen gas, hangings, firing squads, electrocution and lethal injection.

Medicaid provider tax ‘scam’ with nursing homes and hospitals

The definition of a “scam” is a “confidence racket as a fraudulent means for unlawful gain money, or which may be lawful, but not praiseworthy or respectable”.

Facebook’s off the mark Zuckerberg

Every time Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg opens his mouth he somehow manages to stick his foot in it. It’s not so much what he says that is harmful to both himself and his company, it’s how he says it.

Wearing out longevity’s welcome

Boy, are Americans getting old. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median age — the age at which half of the population is older and half is younger — hit an all-time high of 38 in 2017. Why is it rising?