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What does your brain need today? Food for thought

This morning, I woke up feeling like I shouldn鈥檛 bother getting out of bed. My brain felt mushy, my motivation level was somewhere south of nowhere, my eyes were heavy, and, well, you get it. Then I read a post by a wonderful physician friend of mine, Dr. Angela LaSalle. When I was ...

Trump, diners missed chance to shine

Donald Trump was right. The White House Correspondents' Dinner, suspended by a shooting incident in the corridor outside the room where the banquet was underway, should have reconvened and continued. As the president told Norah O'Donnell of CBS News, "I don't want a crazy person - I think it's ...

Grammy’s store

My grandmother handed me a nickel, pointed toward the road, and sent me to buy an ice cream cone at a store named Grammy鈥檚. I was 4 1/2 years old. It was a hot, humid summer night, the kind where the porch screen door sticks and even the neighbors鈥 dogs are too tired to bark. The memory ...

Changing course in the Middle East

Once, a Marine from Fayette County was laid to rest in a Connellsville cemetery, with his family, including his grieving mom and dad, beside the open grave. Earlier on the day of the burial, the pastor at the funeral service eulogized the young leatherneck as a warrior in the service of God ...

Taxing topic vexes teen

Q. I just got my first job. I鈥檓 excited because I can use the money. Imagine my surprise when I got my first check and all sorts of deductions were taken out. Why do I need to pay taxes? I鈥檓 too young to vote. Doesn鈥檛 that equal the 鈥渢axation without representation鈥 that started the ...

Think about it

One of my education professors built an entire course around one uncomfortable idea: too often, we are not taught how to think. We live 鈥渟timulus-response lives.鈥 He said most people walk into a room, hang their brains on a hook, and don鈥檛 question anything. In retrospect, he might have ...