Scenes from the protests in Cleveland
As a man on a megaphone behind her yelled “Every Muslim goes to Hell!” Rose Hamid, 56, told spectators in Downtown Cleveland “This world doesn’t have to be us versus them.” Donald Gilliland photo. BY...
View ArticleGOP Convention Day Two: ‘Make America Work Again’
BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com The theme for the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland is “Make America Work Again.” Whoever wrote Melania Trump’s prime time speech...
View ArticleGOP Convention, Day Three: ‘Make America First Again’
BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com The Republican National Convention in Cleveland, which is turning out to be anything but conventional, continues with a program Wednesday centered on the...
View ArticlePittsburgh Police Chief McLay to address Democratic National Convention
Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com Pittsburgh Police Chief Cameron McLay will address the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Tuesday night. He...
View ArticleBill Clinton, Meryl Streep top off second day of Democratic National Convention
BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com Former President Bill Clinton will be the headliner for the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Clinton’s address will be...
View ArticlePresident to address convention Wednesday
BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@yahoo.com President Barack Obama will headline the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia Wednesday. He will have do well indeed to top the bar set by First Lady...
View ArticleDePasquale calls Trump’s Russia request ‘Looney-Tunes’
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale addresses Pennsylvania delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Wednesday, July 27. BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com...
View ArticleWestern Pennsylvania woman speaks hard truth to Democrats in Philly
BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com It wasn’t the message they expected or even wanted to hear, but Pennsylvania delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia got an earful...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s clickbait candidacy
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures and declares “You’re fired!” at a rally on June 17, 2015, in Manchester, N.H. BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com Not all polls are...
View ArticleRevenge of the Rust Belt in Pennsylvania
BY DONALD GILLILAND dgilliland@tribweb.com NEW YORK – The really big – and to some, surprising – shift in the electoral map last night was Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes going to Donald Trump....
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