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Thoughts at Large

Each year I write a Thoughts at Large article. This is my third installment in the series, where I share all the thoughts currently circling my brain. Enjoy.I remember when, if you wore blue jeans to school with holes in them, it was a sign you were poor, now people purposely pay more money to ...

GodĢƵ not afraid of you

“If I would go to church the roof would cave in.”How many times has someone made this refrain? As if their presence would be so much for the spiritual world to handle that the physical structure would start to give way. Are there folks who are so far removed from what is right and holy that ...

She remembers a time when abortion was illegal

Jessica Marquez-Gates is old enough to remember an America before Roe v. Wade.It was an America where women “douched with caustic chemicals” and used coat hangers to end unwanted pregnancies. She remembers desperate women dying because of botched attempts.With her 70th birthday closing in ...

Graduates: It’s time to paint your Picasso

Graduates,Your parents, grandparents, teachers and other adults have worked tirelessly to mold you over your grade, middle and high school careers. We know it is now time to let you fully develop into the masterpieces we know you can be.ItĢƵ a scary time for us, but we know it has to feel ...

The trickle-down effect of poor broadband

There has been some forward movement on a bill aimed at forcing the state to take an accounting of PennsylvaniaĢƵ communications assets so that they can be used to help unserved or underserved communities have reliable access to broadband.Earlier this month House Bill 305 was voted out of the ...

What if Trump hasn’t driven Dems insane?

The Joe Biden polling surge has raised the frightful specter of Democratic rationality.What if Donald Trump hasn’t driven Democrats insane, sending them into a spiral of self-defeating radicalism, but instead made them shockingly pragmatic?BidenĢƵ early strength suggests it may be the ...