Columns

Where do you stand on leaf-raking?

If you don’t like my opinions this week, you can take a flying leap … into a pile of festive autumn leaves.
(Skip the wet sucker – per Linus van Pelt.)

Fine art in a Franklin barber pole?

According to the old adage, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and there may be no better demonstration of that than in the adulations given by the editor of the Planters’ Banner when the barber in Franklin unveiled a new pole in front of his s

The anti-abortion movement is on the march

I remember when people were poring over photographs of President Trump’s inaugural back in 2017, trying to disprove his theory that it was the largest crowd in history. Clearly, it wasn’t.

Joe Biden versus the press

The White House press corps is in a snit again because President Biden, who many reporters openly cheered on in last year’s election, has stiffed them repeatedly, refusing to answer their questions and — most recently — and tossing them unceremoni

Is your safety plan up to date?

One of my many duties at my “day job” is serving as point man for our workplace safety program.

Is it autumn for America?

The autumn leaves are expected to be extra vibrant this year in Pennsylvania, though they are changing colors a week later than is normal.
That’s fitting. Very few things are “normal” this year.