Clinton, Trump on energy issue




WASHINGTON THE ISSUE: Energy independence has been a goal of every president since Richard Nixon. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have very different ways to achieve it. How energy is produced and where it comes from affect jobs, the economy and the environment. Where They Stand Clinton pledges that under her leadership, the U.S. will be able to generate enough […]

Political Cartoon



Two decades in the making



The lies and distortions that Donald Trump’s campaign messengers deploy to rationalize their candidate’s outrageousness are more typical of the last couple of decades of our politics than we’d like to admit. Especially revealing and infuriating are the efforts to use Al Gore as a human shield against the public indignation Trump aroused by refusing to say whether he would […]

Yoga pants: The fashion police are going both ways



He thought the readers could use a break from the election craziness and so sent a lighthearted letter to his suburban paper tendering an opinion on yoga pants. “Yoga pants can be adorable on children and young women who have the benefit of nature’s blessing of youth,” Alan Sorrentino wrote to the Barrington Times in Rhode Island. “However, on mature, […]

A tale of two pipes



In bad movies (and bad history alike), the Native American ceremonial pipe figured prominently as symbol of defeat — typically in a cliched scene of subdued chieftains signing a treaty of surrender and passing around a “peace pipe” in a sorrowful gesture to seal the raw deal. The reality is that the communal smoking of a ceremonial pipe, often filled […]

The Way We Were



Clips from available Mountain Eagle pages since our founding in 1907 Thursday, October 21, 1926 The big lot sale at Whitco last Friday was a success in every way. All the property put up for sale was disposed of and, all things considered, the prices realized were good. The sales totaled some $14,000 with prices ranging from $900 for a […]

Trick or treat times listed



Trick-or-treating in Letcher County is set for 5 until 8 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 31. The cities of Whitesburg, Jenkins and Neon have also scheduled trick-ortreating from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 31, and Neon will host a Halloween Safe night from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, in front of the stage on Main Street.

The big move



When I arrived at Hickam Field, Hawaii in March 1955, Hawaii was not yet a state. The military was getting overseas pay. I was assigned to Headquarters Pacific Division (PACD) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) in charge of printing from Hickam Field to Japan. Less than two years late, classified messages started coming in from the Pentagon that our headquarters […]

Time waits for no one



Happy Halloween everyone! Time is passing so swiftly by. I’ve often heard that time waits for no one. Leaves are falling so fast without changing colors. While traveling on the road where I live, I noticed a very pretty with a strip of golden trees for a short distance. There have been a few posts of the beautiful foliage in […]

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