A declining rate put in perspective: At 6.8 percent, the unemployment rate for African-Americans is the lowest it has been since the government started keeping track in 1972. “But if the country as a whole was at a 6.8 percent unemployment rate, we’d be talking about a recession,” Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, with the advocacy group Prosperity Now, told us. That rate is also almost double the 3.7 percent unemployment rate for white Americans. The troubling disparity in unemployment rates is due to a number of factors, experts told us, such as a legacy of racial inequality and the effects of growing up in poverty. – MarketPlace
“How the Swamp Drained Trump” – The Atlantic
Trump’s first State of the Union: Read the full transcript. – Time
“AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s speech doesn’t skimp on exaggerations” – Yahoo Finance
“Teleprompter Trump: … far different persona from Twitter Trump.” – The Boston Globe
Gas prices surge!
At the end of July, Pennsylvania’s gas prices were lower than the national average; but today prices in Pennsylvania are 12% higher. In and around Columbia, prices are in the $2.83 – $2.89 range. – Gas Buddy
On the day it happened; we said, “And it is entirely unacceptable. Heads need to roll on this “sorry ass” excuse.” Yesterday, they rolled. – Pacific Business News
Big money bets are on the Eagles – The Sporting News
“After we fix gerrymandering, let’s make reps live in their districts” – Column by Paul Muschick, The Morning Call, Allentown
“1 in 4 handgun owners carry loaded weapons monthly” – Journalist’s Resource
Columbia news, views & reviews 
do you ever have anything good to say about our president. you are a democrat
Actually registered as an Independent.
There is nothing good to say about him, not one word.
I’ll say something good about him. He beat her!
Is that really a compliment? A long time ago, we said, “What’s the difference?”
They were both bad candidates.