He had his birthday last week, although the celebration was on the small side. Born on St. Patrick’s Day, Finian O’Brien, a “fine broth of a lad,” turned 4. As they say in Killarney, “’Twas a grand occasion.” Now you would expect a 4-year-old’s birthday to be celebrated with ...

Gas prices are in the news again for all of the wrong reasons. According to data from AAA, the national average price for regular gas is now roughly $4.33 per gallon. In some states (like California), the average is as high as $5.74 per gallon. These figures represent a 51 percent increase from ...

The important role Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry plays in our economy, environment, and national security cannot be emphasized enough. It was a pleasant surprise to discover that Gov. Tom Wolf decided not to target the industry with additional taxes to pay for an increase in state ...

Andy Rooney, the reporter who occupied the curmudgeon seat on “60 Minutes” is long gone. I have trouble believing that it has been eleven years since he passed, at the ripe old age of 92. His was the last face every Sunday night, usually grumbling, and always amusing. Andy’s collection ...

A legacy of having lived a relatively long life is that one can look back … providing that one’s memory is still basically intact … on the host of characters with whom one has come into fairly close contact during all those years. Included in that manifold roster of course are those one ...

I was appointed State Director of USDA Rural Development for the Commonwealth in October 2021. Thus far, the highlight was seeing St. Luke’s Carbon Campus Hospital open its doors in November. During the tour of the trauma-4 facility, I was told that the hospital would treat about 50,000 ...