Dissatisfaction with two major parties is an American tradition Since the demise of the Whigs and the rise of the Republican Party in the 1850s, American politics has largely been a slugfest between the GOP and the Democratic Party. And, for probably much of that 170-year span, Americans have ...
Jeers: The arrival of Thanksgiving on Thursday marked the start of the holiday season, and it also marked an all-too-likely surge in cases of COVID-19 and the flu across the country. While nowhere near as widespread or severe as it was in 2020 and 2021, COVID-19 can still take lives and send ...
As divided and as stressed as we are, we do have much to be thankful for It’s one of history’s greatest ironies that a holiday that we’ve come to associate with belt-loosening and piling the plate high with victuals was kicked into gear by grim ascetics who didn’t like Christmas. The ...
Cheers: A severe summertime drought is typically not good news, but it has had one unexpectedly good side effect in this region – it has lowered the water level in Yough Lake to such an extent that it has allowed a 206-year-old stone bridge to emerge from the depths. Thousands of visitors ...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has likely been around as long as men – and it has almost exclusively been men – have risked their lives in combat. It was not officially recognized as a mental health condition until 1980, but there are stories going back to the Civil War of ...
Cheers: Cheers to the Bentworth boys soccer team for managing to top last year's landmark season with another stellar campaign. The Bearcats finished 20-3 a year ago, won the WPIAL Class A championship by defeating section rival Charleroi, then advanced to the PIAA semifinals before losing ...
