Today, we Americans celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Our focus is what the document meant — creation of a new nation, a new set of ideals to form a more perfect union. But what the document itself says about the Founders and about what they intended for us ...
MECOSTA, Mich.—When this columnist was a newspaper reporter, one of the editors was fond of saying we needed to write in a way that would hold people’s attention when the kids were screaming, the dog was barking, and the television was on. Today’s column doesn’t follow that rule. So ...
Residents around Warren County have plenty to choose from when you consider the plethora of Fourth of July events and fireworks planned for the upcoming weekend. Not only is it a major celebration of summer — but about our great country that turns 250 years old. Even though the spotlight is ...
Sunday was opening day at Chautauqua, and like all Sundays during the 9-week season, admission was free. Ginger, my BFF from New York City, is visiting us this week for the holiday. She joined me Sunday as the interim president of Chautauqua Institution opened its 153rd season just before the ...
So-called skill games in Pennsylvania walk, talk and look like a slot machine. Only in Pennsylvania would a court need to clarify that the machines are, in fact, slot machines in the eyes of state law. Only in Pennsylvania does something that looks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacks like ...
There’s an old axiom that comes up every so often that we tend to put a lot of stock in. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. But, in our view, the reverse is also true - what’s bad for the goose is bad for the gander. And in our opinion Republicans are reaping what ...