Repost: March 17, 2020 Patrick Finley and Mary Norris Finley, about 1930 My maternal grandparents Katie Brady Conrad, in Lilly, Pa. in...

David Morrier, center, sentenced on Friday, victim shocked the court … Judge: “most powerful victim statement I have ever heard.” The...

Headlines from The Daily Collegian Rewriting of “I do not believe that everything that happens is ‘God’s will’.” July 14, 2018 As I...

… a great St. Patrick’s Day project I first heard of St. Columba’s Church in Johnstown when I was in high school. The Lilly Grade School...

Repost: Betsy Aardsma and the "Murder in the Stacks": Penn State case unsolved after almost 48 years, but police do not believe writer's...

… one of world’s most distinguished scholarships The Fulbright U.S. Scholars program was initiated by Sen. J. William Fulbright in 1946...

Now almost 17 years and no trace Seven years ago, I published a story that was simply based on conjecture. I noted the tie of former...

Repost from August 29, 2017 ... Another story from the Lilly KKK files The Ku Klux Klan riot in Lilly in 1924 was a surprise to many...

… from oatmeal to Nordic Track The first part of my return — instead of giving up — for Lent included going back to a good, healthy diet....

… my focus was wrong For many, when Lent comes on Ash Wednesday, they should give up something in order to improve themselves...

Olena and Volodymyr Zelensky … they once laughed at him — for good reasons Not long ago, Ukrainians were laughing at Volodymyr Zelensky —...

The 1929 Stock Market Crash in America led to a run on the banks, which is now being felt in Russia … crashing the economic system by...

Sunflowers growing in Central Ukraine … world’s largest exporter because of Orthodox Church Late last year, I started working with a...

Putin took this collapse personally … then Eastern European countries joined NATO Why did Vladimir Putin take the brutal step of invading...

And to fatherhood and husbandhood -- Mike and Sarah with Franklin, Emmy, and Clancy … changing directions in a complex world At one time,...

... instead of the warmongers Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us, only sky Imagine all the people...

… Stalin may have killed 20 million of his own people A few weeks ago, I was helping a young high school student prepare to read George...

… I am giving up on Steelers, PSU, NFL, professional, college sports It has been a long time coming, but I am officially ending my sports...

Father Thomas Reese, S.J., who voice was silenced by Ratzinger and JPII ... He and his ilk drove me from the Catholic Church One of my...

… not simply because of the “N-word” Samuel Clemens, known better as Mark Twain, was happy that his book “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”...