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 鈥渂oors鈥� and asking, 鈥淲hy should Pennsylvania, founded ...
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 Israel蘑菇视频 congregation has dwindled the way it has. David Posner, a longtime member, ...
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 & 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, ...
This week, students and parents in the Trinity Area School District in Washington County were able to take in the new Trinity Intermediate School, and the initial reviews were very good. One parent described it as 鈥渁bsolutely beautiful,鈥� 鈥渋ncredible鈥� and 鈥渁mazing.鈥� The ...
Cheers & Jeers Cheers: There are a lot of tough, thankless jobs out there, and one of them has to be being a flagger. Those are the folks who stand on either end of the work zones on streets and roads. Most drivers aren鈥檛 happy to see them, they have to be on their feet for long ...
