A. In 1858, when Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker, organized “Mother’s Work Days” to improve the sanitation and avert deaths from disease-bearing insects and seepage …
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Weather is turning colder; It’s time for comfort food. Food for the budget-minded, But fit for a king! Grandma’s ham pot pie, Or her New England boiled dinner. …
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Letters to the editor
Enforcement lottery

Most violations of law are not reported, and most reported crimes are not solved.  “Why me?” is the question most drivers ask when ticketed for speeding, although they were …

Pharmacy benefit managers save money

Out-of-control prescription drug prices need to be addressed, but the proposed policies in Harrisburg are the wrong approach. Certain legislators are pushing for policies to upend the market by …

my view
With the amount of garbage being mainlined into the media stream, resisting the undertow takes doing. But don’t expect the rest of us to buy what you’re selling if you’re unwilling …
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In the end, it may not be any of the male-dominated democratic institutions that preserve American democracy in our time. Not an aged sitting president, a corrupted Supreme Court, an untimely and …
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
In the Summertime

"In the Summertime" harks back to Mungo Jerry's lead singer Ray Dorset's experience of summertime in Hampshire with his extended family. It reached number one in charts around the world, debuting on May 22, 1970. 

Blogs

A greater good 

The failure of the president’s inner circle must be held accountable as the citizens of this nation have been lied to about the well-being of our commander in chief.  President Joseph …

A greater good

The failure of the president’s inner circle must be held accountable as the citizens of this nation have been lied to about the well-being of our commander-in-chief. President Joseph P. …

On emotional scars and deep loss in generational trauma

I am not a Holocaust survivor in the classic sense. Neither my body nor my person experienced the horrors of the Concentration camps and the systematic torture and wanton murders of the Nazi killing …