I’ve always been ambivalent about the holiday photo card — the snapshots of “here we are casually walking down a country road” or the ones on a beach at sunset where eve...
Before I began my presidency at Slippery Rock University, my wife and I bought a home in town. Because we couldn’t move in for a few weeks, we worried the lawn would bec...
Many seem to believe that the eventual development of an effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccine will allow us to return to “normal.” If only we can hold on a bit longer, all will ...
It’s way past time that all of us understand how dominant technology companies have expanded in ways that could threaten American commerce as well as American life.
Comp...
A look at false and misleading claims circulating as the United States moves closer to approving a COVID-19 vaccine and distribution is underway in the United Kingdom. N...
I first noticed people wearing masks during a business trip to Florida in February. How odd I remember thinking. Do people really get colds and flu in the Sunshine State...
In 2020, U.S. federal farm subsidies reached $46 billion. This truly staggering level of taxpayer spending constituted nearly 40% of U.S. farm income.
The billions spent...
I still remember exactly where I was sitting decades ago, during the short film shown in class: For a few painful minutes, we watched a woman talking mechanically, raspi...
We know that the YMCA serves a vital function in Butler County, including facilitating the physical and mental well-being of the members of this community. The challenge...
The pandemic has had a major economic impact in our community. Many of us have lost jobs, or have friends and neighbors who are now unemployed because of the slowdown.
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