There was a Facebook post featuring a snippet of a video of an interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In it she said an unnamed “great man” said the symbol of the U.S. isn’t the Bald Eagle, but the pendulum. Had to do with how political things swing between better and worse from various ...
You know the old saying, right? The one that says that opinions are like butts; everybody has one. Well, that’s sort of how that old saying goes. You get my drift, though. Now here’s the thing about opinions (and butts). Everybody is entitled to them. I still believe that I owned the ...
An occasional collection of vignettes from events and public meetings in Warren County that never make it into news stories because...well, you’ll see. Hello, Wilbur At meetings of the Warren County Commissioners, the commissions like to welcome visitors. At a recent meeting, as a ...
Dear Editor, The letter of Mr. Jeffrey Carlson of 19 March cannot be allowed to stand without rebuttal. If the President is “the most patriotic leader” in this country’s history, I’m Rootie Kazootie. Mr. Trump has no ideology except his own advancement and material profit. He will ...
Some U.S. senators would do the nation a favor if they pondered who and what they are discussing in this week’s confirmation hearings for federal Judge Neil Gorsuch, who has been nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court. During opening statements Monday by members of the Judiciary Committee, ...
Dear Editor, With regard to the 3/8/17 “Our Opinion” post, where it was stated that, “Overall, Obamacare has been bad for more people than it has helped,” several issues come to mind. This general issue, especially in light of the GOP’s current efforts to “repeal and ...
One reason so many education bureaucrats and liberal politicians do not like new U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is clear: They fear she and her boss, President Donald Trump, will eliminate the control Washington has over schools throughout the nation. Indeed, it may be the best ...
I think everyone would agree that we often “take the easy way out.” We “take the path of least resistance.” It’s human nature, isn’t it? I mean, what sense does it make to look for ways to make things more difficult for ourselves? Actually, in a flip-flop sort of way, it makes lots ...
I’m learning how to scuba dive. It’s a bucket list thing. Something about the water — whether it’s in the reservoir, the river, the pool, or the ocean - calls me. I feel as comfortable in the water as I do on land. I can’t remember a summer of my childhood not spent at the edge of ...
How do you know what you saw is what you saw? There are some animals that everyone just seems to know, such as robins, Blue Jays and Raccoons. But what defines the essential “raccoon-ness” of a raccoon? Would you recognize one if it was completely or partially white? Would you know for sure ...
No water and no heat - that was the reality for me when the electric was out. Now I should mention that I was able to heat the living room with the gas fireplace that I have. It runs but the fan does not work to disperse the heat. A couple nights this past week I have enjoyed the evening ...
Musical chairs The video recording of meetings has driven a new and entertaining trend. Visitors see the camera and make sure they are nowhere near where it is pointing. That means the comfortable chairs around the table are less occupied than they have been and the bench along the wall fills ...
It’s amazing what you can learn about a person, or persons, when car pooling. Last week I wrote about meeting my two new friends during classes at Gannon: Raja from Libya and Rafa from Saudi Arabia. Both were in the U.S. on educational visas. This is a continuation of that first meeting. We ...
When you marry late in life there’s a lot to learn about the other person. Dear Richard and I got talking about skating last weekend, a subject we hadn’t explored. Turns out he had spent a lot of his teen years roller skating while I was more of an ice skater. I even told him about the ...
Dear Editor, I am an alumnus of YHS, I played on the varsity football team for 3 of their worst seasons in the late 90’s (very few players and 2 winless seasons). My family was a large part of lighting up Mike Shine Field in the fall of 1997. I bleed red and white through and ...
Republican and Democrat members of Congress seem to agree on one thing: An incompetent attempt to counter Islamic terrorist propaganda is worse than none at all. They are right. Lawmakers are looking into a Defense Department attempt to stymie an Islamic State campaign to recruit ...
People rip them. They never do a good enough job, some say. Well, our reporter rode with a PennDOT plow truck driver on Tuesday, and let us tell you, they do do a good job. You’re driving slowly, trying to miss mailboxes, guardrails, cars, every few feet. How easy of a job does that ...
Dear Editor, Technology. Sometimes the very things that we think are helping us are in fact destroying us. Our kids no longer go out and play, instead they spend most of their time in front of their keyboard or smart phone, texting or gaming. They now lack social and interpersonal ...
Dear Editor, In reference to the March 15 article by Andy Close, “For the Love of the Game,” may his article help all those affected by the school board’s decision to co-op the Youngsville football team with Warren. But now let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Many believe ...
Profiling By at least one measure, I’m in the right line of work. When walking into an eating establishment to be introduced to a political appointee, she said, “That must be him. He looks like a reporter.” What, exactly, does a reporter look like? I wasn’t wearing a hat with a tiny ...