"Seventy million people live in areas without local journalism" As a youngster in the 1950s and 60s, I was spoiled in a way that you...

… My “almost” interview with legendary Jimmy Stewart As a young boy, one of the joys of my life occurred during football season when I...

Miss Catherine Iapalucci, Bob Eyer, and Paul Link Bob Eyer has become a very successful business leader in Johnstown and Cambria County...

Girls are brighter in fifth grade -- and then what happens? … the toughest hurdle for young women “lies within” For too many years in the...

"The conservative experiment since 1979 has failed" … another conservative goes down Some political commentators have blamed the failure...

Photo declaration … “ the role of government in the pursuit of happiness is to improve the lives of people” The words of Thomas Jefferson...

Eighty five with no plans for retirement ... the whaling and gnashing of teeth from America The far-right zealots at EWTN and the...

Should politicians pass the citizenship test before entering Congress? … and it is only going to get worse Politicians are now trying to...

The nuns were walking across the tracks to visit my great-grandmother, Annie (McDermitt) Conrad, in our family homestead … never heard...

Sgt. Michael Strank, in the rear, was killed in action just weeks after this photo was taken. Approximately 11 years ago, I wrote a...

IDs: First row, Adele Conrad, Sal Decker, Blandina Krumenaker. Second row, Marg Leap, faculty; Helen Brown, faculty. Third row: Mary...

The first of the three national championships, before the NCAA recognized them … a simple sentence and some tireless young women These...

Charles Lindbergh once captured the hearts of America. By embracing Hitler and his monstrous philosophy, he broke those hearts. Why would...

“Enormous learning losses” have taken place … Covid left little children far behind Covid was costly in so many ways. By refusing to...

“FBI says fraud on LinkedIn a ‘significant threat’ to platform and consumers”: NBC The scams that attempt to separate older people — and...

2022 Summer Reading List High School The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak (2006) A young girl living in Nazi Germany during World War II...

Sandusky was a creep, but Nassar was far worse “The NCAA Tells Michigan State No Rules Violated In Larry Nassar Scandal” [NPR] Penn State...

"the analogy to Donald Rumsfeld, whose three-month debacle in Iraq turned into a trillion dollar, decade-long boondoggle, is probably...

The reality is that the excessive use of sugar by young people are being identified as causes for their problems with obesity. However,...

… child sexual abuse “stealing away the souls of our youth” Child sexual abuse is rampant in America, and it has been for more than a...