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History teachers simply want to teach history

Just about every adult in America who attended a public school has passed through a history class, and maybe they had an aptitude for the subject, had a teacher who inspired them to dig deeper, or were turned off completely by a clock-punching instructor who offered little more than a dry ...

Cheers and Jeers

Cheers: Cheers to Belle Vernon junior Jack Edwards for claiming victory at the Fayette County Coaches Association Golf Invitational on Sept. 20 at Duck Hollow Golf Club. Edwards shot a 1-under par 69 to finish one stroke ahead of Geibel CatholicĢƵ Mike Miller and FrazierĢƵ Dylan Keilbach, ...

It needs to be reaffirmed – immigrants add value to our nation

More than two centuries ago, many Pennsylvanians feared their colony was in danger of being overrun by foreign hordes. In this case, Germans. Benjamin Franklin was at the front of this parade, proclaiming that German people were “boors” and asking, “Why should Pennsylvania, founded ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: The sale of the Beth Israel synagogue in Washington to the national veterans organization AMVETS is certainly an occasion for mixed emotions. On the one hand, there is undeniable melancholy that Beth IsraelĢƵ congregation has dwindled the way it has. David Posner, a longtime member, ...

Vaping rates among young people are falling, and thatĢƵ good news

One of the unquestionable triumphs in public health over the last several decades has been the decline of cigarette smoking among all age groups. In the 1960s, 40% of adults smoked, a number that has now been whittled down to just 11%. And as recently as 1997, almost 1 in 4 American high ...

Cheers and Jeers

Cheers & Jeers Jeers: The school shooting at a high school in Barrow County, Ga., last week was not the worst of the school shootings that has happened with disturbing regularity since the killings at Columbine High School in Colorado 25 years ago. Sadly, in a society awash with guns, ...