I am a prodigal of Midwestern farm country, and, yes, I recognize the irony that this year I’ve been leaving home in a rush each morning for the enjoyment of growing foo...
Can news be unifying? Will Americans want to watch or read unifying news?
The emphatic answer is “Yes” to both questions.
A new concept, unifying news can reduce the div...
I walked my ballot up to the drop box at the neighborhood high school last week, and for a few minutes, in the company of the autumn leaves and all those other voters, i...
Not many people were happy when the state shut down everything due to the coronavirus earlier this year, and few will be pleased if similar steps are taken again.
Curren...
This past weekend, the Butler community was shaken by the sudden disappearance of a young woman on Friday with some important social engagements that same evening and th...
Bored with the pandemic, my neighbors are going all out for Halloween.
One yard is covered with skeletons — pushing their way out of the ground, walking skeleton dogs, d...
Once again Gov. Tom Wolf has tried to snow the people of Pennsylvania with a fake concern for the restaurants and bars which he has crippled with his dictatorial rules a...
When you listen carefully enough and long enough to a variety of epidemiologists, you can start to see that their pandemic strategies are converging — or at least comple...
Is it really necessary to use the word “dirty” anymore when commenting about politics? Has it become redundant? Is there really any other kind?
This election locally and...
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...
