Sept. 22 is the 60th anniversary of the Peace Corps, the day that President John F. Kennedy signed into law legislation creating the agency. With one stroke of a pen, President Kennedy deepened our nation’s ability to live out key values — values like service, peace, sacrifice, commitment, a…
In 1983, Tom Cruise starred in the film “Risky Business.” It’s about wealthy parents in Chicago who go on vacation and leave the house under the stewardship of their high school-age son.
In 1983, Tom Cruise starred in the film “Risky Business.” It’s about wealthy parents in Chicago who go on vacation and leave the house under the stewardship of their high school-age son.
Let’s be clear. No one has to get the vaccine.
Somerset County is usually a tranquil, bucolic area full of small towns, fertile farms and gorgeous mountain scenery.
It’s true, nostalgia sells.
Due to extreme abuse, the electric wheelchair that I use for weeding broke.
I just finished reading a book about our American pioneers making their way out West in wagon trains.
Despite the devastation and pain of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, just imagine what our nation would be – how much deeper the anger and heartbreak would have been, had the passengers and crew of that fourth hijacked airliner not acted, had not forced Flight 93 down short of its target – likely the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Today our nation looks back to remember and reflect on 9/11.
Rudolph Giuliani was always somewhat off-center, even in his glory days as New York City mayor. But people who recall him then were stunned by his decline into a conspiracy-mongering swamp creature of Trump world. The 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 lets us remember that on that day of horror, …
It’s been two decades since that horrific morning when an assault from the sky caused New York’s two iconic towers to erupt in flames and left an entire nation feeling it was under attack.
Most people do not broach the sensitive subject in an open setting. Rather, friends, family members and acquaintances address the portentous question aside from the public domain in a corner room or far from wandering ears.
Generally, I’m not impressed by descriptions of current phenomena in terms of the past.
Not to be lost in the COVID-19 pandemic is the years-long opioid epidemic, thrust back into the spotlight this week on International Overdose Awareness Day, which included an event in Shamokin that was heartfelt and heartbreaking at the same time.
Generally speaking, here’s how the war went wrong
We live in an on-demand world.
Last week, Sweetheart and I took the cars into the garage for their annual inspection.
When we listen to the news, we could easily conclude that the world is spiraling out of control.
The following comments were among the more than 80 posted to The News’ Facebook page in response to a Wednesday story headlined “Districts to comply with mask mandate.”
I could hear the deafening bursts of gunfire being fired in the air by the Taliban as they celebrated the last U.S. flight out of Kabul.
When I was in public school, a TV ad asked: “It’s 10 o’clock Do you know where your children are?”
You know things are off the wall when even the FDA can’t keep a straight face. What could the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say to Americans who refuse to get a coronavirus vaccine administered by medical professionals but instead go to a livestock supply house for a drug designed to dew…
The darkest day of Joe Biden’s still new presidency becomes darker and even more tragic when we pause to rethink about just how and why it all happened.
Beyond the human price of COVID-19 is the financial toll of treating the sick. Back in the day, conservatives touted fiscal responsibility — that is, keeping the cost of government in check.
My wife was complaining the other day that I don’t have enough dirty unmentionables to fill the washer properly. I do change daily, but during the summer months, shirt, shorts, and one other piece of clothing are all I need.
Typically, the spring is seen as a season of rebirth.
The rapid collapse of the Afghanistan government and its fall to Taliban control has sent chills throughout the world.
I’m a follower of the noted philosopher Marshawn Lynch, and maybe one of his most important statements on life is “get your mentals right.”
From ancient history to present day, there have always been foolish things that people have believed based on fantasy:
Where did the summer go?
Joe Biden was probably always going to be a one-term president. His age was a political liability when he defeated Donald Trump in 2020. And given how time works, it will be more so in 2024.
After the attacks on our nation on Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush took to the airways to address the American people.
Faced with the unimaginable, the heroes of Flight 93 did the unbelievable.
Chris Rock described it as a kind of temper tantrum.
After the 2008 subprime mortgage meltdown tanked the U.S. and global economies, Congress wrote rules to stabilize the financial industry. But the mortgage market has changed radically since then, and the regulations that govern it haven’t kept up, creating a new house of cards that could eas…
The following comments were among the more than 25 posted to The News’ Facebook page in response to a Saturday story headlined “County population drops: With young people leaving, Lawrence could lose a state rep.”
I met a gentleman who was having dinner with my fellow graduate Terry Teplica last week. He actually confessed that he never misses reading my column.
Picture this, and I’m sure it won’t be hard to do.
I saw Jimmy “J.J.” Walker on television the other night. In fact, I have been seeing him a lot lately.
Those who read this column regularly are familiar with Buddy, our tri-color corgi. We adopted Buddy in 2009 and, across the years I have written numerous columns about all the things Buddy has taught me.
President Joe Biden is making a big push for electric vehicles (EVs).
With the new school year about to start, The (Johnstown) Tribune-Democrat reported that as of Aug. 14 masks will be optional in all area school districts.
Could invoking the Golden Rule be enough to induce vaccine-skeptical people of faith to finally get their COVID-19 jab?
I went to Walmart the other day. Something I do as a part of the middle-class ritual.
Growing up on the West Side, I remember that we only had one fruit tree in the backyard.
Social media is a very good thing. Social media is also a very bad thing.
I am my own worst enemy.
Color me shocked that Gov. Andrew Cuomo knuckled under to demands he resign after a devastating report detailing his sexual harassment of 11 women.
We’re playing the tiniest of violins for Sam Kendricks, the champion pole vaulter from Mississippi who was thrown out of the Tokyo Games after testing positive for COVID-19.
Why do people stay in a town or city if they could have the opportunity to go somewhere else?
Although trying to sound nice and balanced about it, President Joe Biden has snubbed a Supreme Court decision, an act of executive autocracy meant to temporarily prevent the evictions of renters not able to pay their rent.
Managing editor Pete Sirianni previews a story in the Sept. 16 newspaper.
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