Small businesses are struggling in Pennsylvania. Just ask any restaurant or retail business owner, and they will rattle off the financial challenges they face every day. Labor, food and energy costs, as well as operational expenses, never decrease; instead, they keep going up. In many ...
When I arrived at college, I quickly realized that if I wanted to attain any type of outstanding student status like I had in high school, it would take a lot of work. My grade point average was solid, and my work ethic was strong, but in the arts, you needed something else. I ...
Summer is not the only season we welcomed recently. We also kicked Washington County’s summer tourism season into high gear with two important events that added to our county’s already impressive list of visitor attractions. These tourism assets – one new and one foundational – ...
The country has recently witnessed a national surge of campus protests supporting the end to Israeli military operations against the terrorist group known as Hamas. Last October, Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, and more than 1,200 people were killed. Hamas is still holding 120 individuals ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro and a growing number of legislators from both sides of the aisle are calling for changes to the way cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania operate and are funded. And more importantly, once you know the truth, you should too. Despite what the ads say, cyber charter schools ...
When I was born, American consumerism and our incredible accumulation of stuff was born, too. Up until then, our country was very frugal. We recycled everything, bought recapped tires, and grew and then canned our vegetables and fruit. Heck, my parents even used tea bags more than once. Our ...
