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Pandemic won over many to cosmetic surgery

Many of us spent the pandemic months obsessing over how our mug looked on Zoom and other video-chatting services. Poor lighting was a torment, and the lack of sunshine and exercise produced whatĢƵ been dubbed “lockdown face.”At in-person meetings, we see only the people we’re talking ...

Anti-vax hysteria is anything but pro-life

On a recent flight from Texas to North Carolina, a woman came so unglued that she tried to open the planeĢƵ door. The flight crew had to bind and gag her with duct tape. This was an extreme example of a disturbing trend in air travel: People are becoming unruly or even hysterical.I think this ...

What’s in a name?

There are many amusing and interesting names of places across the land. How about Rough and Ready, Calif.? Or Two Egg, Fla.; Slickpoo, Idaho; Santa Claus, Ind.; Burnt Porcupine, Maine; Hot Coffee, Miss.; Mud Butte, S.D., or Lick Fork, W.Va.? A whole book could be written on unusual names of ...

Outraged by overturn of Cosby conviction

Outraged by overturn of the Cosby convictionWe are outraged, disheartened, frustrated, and hurt on behalf of all survivors following the decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the appeal of Bill CosbyĢƵ 2018 conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent assault.This decision ...

Flags go down as ignorance goes up

The attack on the foreign flags at the George C. Marshall Memorial Plaza at UniontownĢƵ Five Corners – the suspect in the case told police the national emblems had no business flying in the good old U.S. of A. – brings to mind this fact: General-of-the Army Marshall was a nationalist in ...

Moral credibility

Who or what are the people we look to for moral authority or credibility? Clergy, counselors, (grand)parents, perhaps the court system? But what happens when they do things that are regrettable, and let expectations down? It is acknowledged that people may not remember the thousand things you ...