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The LuLac Edition #2688, July 4th, 2014
GEHRIG’S SPEECH @ 75Lou Gehrig saying goodbye to the fans at Yankee Stadium. (Photo: Sports History.com)The view from of the event captured by a New York Times photographer. (Photo: New York...
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The LuLac Edition #2689, July 4th, 2014
FOURTH OF JULY 2014AMERICA @ 238The big three of the Founding Fathers, Franklin, Adams and Jefferson. (Photo: Spot On History). Have a safe and happy fourth of July. If anyone tells you we need to take...
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The LuLac Edition #2690, July 7, 2014
BEATING HILLARYRight now it seems that Hillary Clinton is on an uncontested path to the Democratic nomination for President. She is roughly at the same spot that Republican Senator Robert Taft of Ohio...
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The LuLac Edition #2691, July 7th, 2014
PHILLIES @ 50 Fifty years ago this afternoon, the National League scored a come from behind victory over the American League in New York at the newly minted Shea Stadium. The game winning home run came...
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The LuLac Edition #2692, July 8th, 2014
Our “Maybe I’m Amazed” logo.MAYBE I’M AMAZEDMAYBE I’M AMAZED…….that Geisinger Health Care system is blaming Obama care for the fact that it will not be hiring new people. The reason? Their projections...
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The LuLac Edition #2693, July 10th, 2014
CORBETT SIGNS BUDGETGovernor Tom Corbett signed the Pennsylvania budget today but not without a lot of finger wagging and predictions. Corbett said the state was en route to a train wreck on the issue...
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The LuLac Edition #2594, July 11th, 2014
100 YEARS AGO TODAY AN ERA BEGAN100 years ago today Babe Ruth broke in with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher. It was the start of a famed reign that had its ups and downs but certainly has lived on long...
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The LuLac Edition #2695, July 13th, 2014
Our “13 Questions” logo. 13 QUESTIONS1. Why do you think Tom Corbett is so unlikeable? I’m not sure why he doesn’t connect with people. Could be the Prosecutor in him or maybe just a misconception. As...
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The LuLac Edition #2696, July 15th, 2014
THE ISRAELI HAMAS FIGHTWho is right? Here's all you need to know. Hamas has launched over 500 rockets at cities and largely populated areas in Israel with no warning. When Israel retaliates they give...
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The LuLac Edition #2697, July 17th, 2014
JFK JUNIOR 15 YEARS ON It was fifteen years ago yesterday that John Kennedy Junior died in that fateful plane crash. JFK Junior was a pop cultural icon since birth. His death was covered by all the...
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The LuLac Edition #2698, July 20th, 2014
LUNAR LANDING @ 45 I am starting to feel like my parent’s felt when an anniversary of D-day or the death of Franklin Roosevelt was celebrated in the 70s and 80s. Today is the 45th anniversary of one of...
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The LuLac Edition #2699, July 20th, 2014
CARTWRIGHT 3rd ANNUAL PICNIC RECAP Congressman Matt Cartwright hosted his Third Annual Family Picnic at the Mercatili Segilia Park in Moosic. A casually attired crowd of about 150 mingled and talked...
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The LuLac Edition #2700, July 22nd, 2014
LULAC @ 2700 Today marks the 2700th edition of The LuLac Political Letter. Divide 2700 by eight years and it looks like we show up on an average of 337 days a year. Thanks for reading and for your...
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The LuLac Edition #2701, July 23rd, 2014
UNHAPPY PEOPLE So a Canadian research firm did a survey and came up with a top ten list of places where people were the most unhappy. Scranton/Wilkes Barre made the top ten. Hey, we weren’t trying...
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The LuLac Edition #2702, July 26th, 2014
Our Maybe I’m Amazed” logo MAYBE I’M AMAZEDMAYBE I'M AMAZED...that the good people of Cape Cod, Massachusetts are concerned that an invitation to house border children will wreck their culture. As...
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The LuLac Edition #2703, July 29th, 2014
MY E MAIL BOX IS FULL OF IMPEACHMENT (Photo: Nowtheendbegins.com) You would think it was 1974 when the Impeachment of Richard Nixon was on the top of my news mind. I was working at WVIA at night doing...
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The LuLac Edition #2704, July 30th, 2014
WHY ELECTIONS MATTER This week the Wilkes Barre Area School Board once more topped itself with a bone head move that made this district the laughing stock of the area. Based on second hand information,...
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The LuLac Edition #2705, August 2nd, 2014
THURMAN MUNSON'S DEATH @ 35 Classic Munson photo from his last year with the Yankees. (Photo: SI.com)It was a muggy Thursday afternoon in August. The news came late in the afternoon that Yankee Catcher...
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The LuLac Edition #2706, August 3rd, 2014
A BASEBALL BRUNCH WITH BOBFormer Major League pitcher Bob Duliba on one of the classic baseball cards (I think the 1964 set was the best I ever saw as a kid) from the mid 60s. (LuLac archives)....
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The LuLac Edition #2707, August 3rd, 2014
YOU TICKETING ME???????Let me start out here by telling you this. When I first starting writing LuLac eight years ago, my late mother, not understanding fully what I was undertaking just said, “Be...
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