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Opinion

American democracy and the Goose Pond

Shortly after Memorial Day, we joined two other couples for a week at a rented house on the island of Chincoteague, Va. Our beach time was followed by several days in Old Town Alexandria, Va., to take in a famous historical site and a new exhibit on democracy at the American Museum of ...

A form of torture

Speaking recently about his booking last year at the Fulton County, Georgia jail, the convicted felon running for president claimed he was tortured. Aww, what did they do, Donny? Make you remove your spray painted gold sneakers? Not put enough special sauce on your burger? You once said of ...

Pennsylvania needs to increase insurance liability limits

Pennsylvania requires all motor vehicles to be covered by liability insurance, which protects the public from personal injury and property damage due to another driver’s negligence. Insurance allows you to make financial recovery from the driver’s policy if you become a victim. In 1974, ...

Hits and Misses

MISS: On Thursday, America celebrated its independence with plenty of hot dogs – the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates that 150 million hot dogs are consumed on that day alone – and lots and lots of fireworks. Though the extent of the rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in ...

Take away the keys

I don't think that there was anyone who watched last Thursday's presidential debate who could honestly conclude that they were not shocked by what they witnessed. It wasn't really about former President Trump. You pretty much got what you expected. It was all about President Biden. And it was ...

What is kahu?

Having run not-for-profit organizations for the better part of my life, I have come to appreciate something that might take others a lifetime to grasp. You see, I never owned the places where I worked. It was very clear to me that, be it a school, an arts center, a tourism bureau, a ...