ROME, Italy — I traveled to an ancient world to see a future version of America. The "No Kings" chant is a bit off. Donald Trump's true calling and character is akin to a cruel Roman emperor. Under the sun's glare, the Colosseum stood as huge and imposing as ever, even more so in real ...
When you get to the point in life when it becomes more important to get rid of "stuff" and not collect and save "stuff," you run into some interesting saved "stuff." When I worked at Besser, we had an audit team of young accountants from Price Waterhouse on-site during inventory week and at ...
The sign outside the little Baptist congregation in Sewickley read simply: "In Memory of Charlie Kirk 1993-2025." It was one of dozens of images on Facebook feeds showing houses of worship honoring Kirk since he was murdered while speaking at Utah Valley University. On the steps of the ...
I got called "Georgia" by one of my son's friends the other day. I wasn't insulted — I know from firsthand experience that kids nowadays have a startling familiarity with adults. My own son and his cousin, both 6 years old, once walked up to my husband's 70-year-old uncle when they saw him ...
I have long become accustomed to what I call the "BTMF" reflex whenever a great, newsmaking calamity or outrage happens. That's short for "Blame the media first." As a long-tenured journalist, I try not to take it personally. Yet sometimes the complainers have a point, and we in the news ...
With great fanfare which produced a momentary sigh of relief in this town, the governor and two legislative leaders revealed last week that they had signed an agreement to get the state budget done on time to avert an ugly state government shutdown. And they also agreed to a new $1.85 billion ...