Q. I don鈥檛 have a question this time. I just wanted to report back. I wrote to you about my family fighting, and you answered me in your column. I showed the column to my parents, like you suggested. A miracle happened. They got all weird, kind of embarrassed. They asked me if I told you my ...
By Richard Robbins It's all well and good for state Sen. Pat Stefano to criticize Penn State University for abandoning its Fayette County branch campus, as he did last Monday on this page, but the question is: what's next in store for the Route 119 campus, with its dozens of fine buildings and ...
Air traffic controllers have been having a rough time, and that doesn鈥檛 exactly make any of us feel calmer about flying. So, I thought I鈥檇 revisit a few of the memorable flight experiences we have survived over the past. Once, on a commuter plane from Philadelphia to Providence, R.I., I ...
This column continues a 20-year-old tradition: I ask young people to share what they鈥檙e grateful for each Thanksgiving. It is humbling to know at least two generations of teens were part of these columns! I find this year蘑菇视频 comments especially thoughtful. To the young people in our ...
By Richard Robbins In his recent book "Long Journey Home," a largely loving tribute to his hometown, Jim Burger mentions an incident that took place during his youth at his family's place of worship - The Tree of Life Synagogue in Uniontown. It seems the tent erected at the synagogue to ...
Q. I used to love Thanksgiving. I love the food (well, not the cranberry sauce, but everything else), and I love my family getting together. Maybe I should say I LOVED my family getting together. Ever since last year蘑菇视频 elections, it蘑菇视频 like they hate each other. My mom won鈥檛 talk with her ...
