In 1986, one of the most iconic movies of our generation hooked me. Bad. I thought Top Gun was over-the-top exciting, and fun. But it just so happened that it was incredibly reminiscent of my wonderful early years. I knew those guys. No, I did not know Tom Cruise or Val Kilmer or Anthony ...

America is justly known as a “melting pot” where immigrants from a host of countries mingled and intermarried Thus, when I was growing up in Erie, I had a good number of acquaintances who were products of these unions. While Southwest Erie, where I lived, was an area of mixed ...

I am increasingly worried about the state of our precious American democracy (and yes, I am aware that it is actually a constitutionally-limited democratic republic, but will use the term “democracy” here to simplify things) given the ongoing efforts by one of our two major political ...

It was twenty-eight years ago that my first column appeared in the Jamestown Post-Journal. The column is actually a little older than that. Prior to the publishing by the newspaper, I wrote a column for a small giveaway magazine and did a Search-a-Word puzzle for that. As I began working ...

A Hell’s Angel wouldn’t be my first choice in a life partner, but I never met one I didn’t like. I think I have figured out why. They’re happy. They are doing what a lot of us wish we could – put our cares away, hop on our Harley Davidsons … and GO! Noisy wanderlust. Every one of ...

The fields around here are being cleaned off and the hay is being stored. Each load of hay requires at least three trips around the field or more. Couple that with the price of gasoline, and you have a major expense. Farmers are not saying much about that cost, but it is certainly there. I ...