I asked for column ideas and you delivered, suggesting everything from more politics to, please, less politics. Also, mini horses and acts of kindness.

The original plan for this week's column was to be as snarky as possible. However, the death of a beloved fur-nephew over the ...

He would go on to become my boss, my mentor, my friend.  And, yes, even at times, my American father figure.  But on that ...

In 2025, again and again, I was working on something like that only to have some news or controversy du jour pop up. I often ...

Write a story in which the narrator refuses to tell the story. Permit the narrator to come close to telling the story—perhaps ...

I am back to writing columns again, after an interim resulting from an unfortunate set of circumstances. While visiting an Amish farm near Kalona, Iowa, I did not pay attention to where I was walking.

Ford’s $19.5 billion write-off on its electric vehicle business is the latest example of foolhardy efforts to quickly phase out fossil fuels. Ford Motor’s stunning announcement that it’s taking a ...

Please register for the conference and see workshop registration for signing up. This workshop is in-person only and requires pre-registration, as well as registration to the main conference. Abstract ...

As the snow flies and temperatures drop, we enter the holiday season with an updated wish list for education in Pennsylvania. I consider this list to be the Mount Rushmore of pressing topics in the ...

The first, and often the hardest, task in writing a newspaper column, a school essay or even a book, is to select a topic. Or more precisely, to shed many of the numerous suitable topics demanding ...

Q: Our board (sadly) only meets four times a year. And, the notion of prudent spending for reserve items seems dead on arrival as to our suggestions as local, on-property-resident observers. As an ...