\When I think of a lighthouse, I picture a large structure with a revolving light near the shore of the ocean or a large lake. A couple years ago I had the good fortune to visit the lighthouse in Dunkirk, N.Y. Our class made arrangements for a tour of the facility while we were in town for a ...

Occasionally, I give speeches, usually about my good old days working for an airline. My title for this 25-minute tell-all speech is “Blue Skies and Barf Bags.” The title pretty much says it all: It WAS WONDERFUL. Except for those few yucky moments when it wasn’t. If you are under 50, ...

A problematic neighbor situation involving the cabin my wife and I own south of Warren on the Allegheny River has ended, at least for now, to the satisfaction of both of us. But the fact that we feared a real problem shows how property owners can find themselves in irksome situations as a ...

By GEORGE KECK Well, looks like they accepted my challenge of publishing a (potentially) weekly column from a long-haired, unapologetically Patriotic, university-educated, pro-life, militarily supportive, happily married, amusingly opinionated, world-travelled, socially shy, oft-married, ...

Cheap. Cheap. Cheap. It doesn’t matter whether or not we clip coupons, or if wedecide to pick up change in the parking lot. We are all tight-fisted about something. My Uncle Chet was the quintessential Scotsman … tight as the bark on a tree. Late in life, he suggested that my mother, ...

Editor’s note: This series will connect topics between Christianity and hunting. The series will run throughout the archery and rifle deer seasons. A few years ago I hunted from sunrise to sunset. While walking out of the woods after a full day of hunting, the phrase “from the stars to ...