As I write this, Lola, our seven-pound Shorkie, is sleeping beside my left leg. Her breathing and heartbeat seem synchronized with mine. Every few minutes she opens one eye to make sure I am still there. A few months ago, a friend passed away at age 92. His family ended his obituary with ...
History counts, and on this Fourth of July weekend, here are 13 histories and biographies that entertain, enlighten and perhaps inspire. The selections are purely subjective and personal and by no means exhaustive. Shockingly (to me), there's nothing here about the American Revolution and its ...
John Fetterman is not easy to understand. The tall, grungy-looking senior senator from Pennsylvania is, politically-speaking, literally unfathomable. This past week he again broke ranks with his fellow Democrats on another consequential matter. By voting against a War Powers resolution offered ...
Q. I think I made a mistake. I start college in August. I’m pleased with my school choice. I made it into Penn State’s main campus. That’s not a mistake. My possible mistake is that I’m going into nursing and I’m not sure that’s the path for me. What happened is every adult in my ...
June 27, 1936, Philadelphia: Rain threatened to disrupt President Franklin Roosevelt's speech outdoors at Franklin Field. By the time evening fell, however, starlight glinted through patchy clouds. On this fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention, some 100,000 party faithful ...
One of the ideas I carried with me into hospital administration came from a place that had little to do with healthcare. It came from my years as a band director. In that world, growth is easy to observe. More students join the band. The sound improves. The performances get better. The ...
