WASHINGTON - Time was, when the school year ended, parents worried about 鈥渟ummer learning loss.鈥� Nowadays, there is less learning to worry about losing.This is the 40th anniversary of a blue-ribbon commission鈥檚 鈥淎 Nation at Risk鈥� report that decried a 鈥渞ising tide of mediocrity鈥� ...
Welcome to the second half of 2023.We crossed the halfway point (day 182) on Sunday, July 2.If the first half of the year is any indication, 2023 may be a record-breaking year.It鈥檚 something we shouldn鈥檛 take lightly.The United States of America, which worships gun ownership more than any ...
Last week this column had words of praise for Connellsville鈥檚 Rose Brady and the women of the city鈥檚 World War II canteen. As a demonstration of patriotism and service to country, the Connellsville Canteen is hard to beat.The war years 鈥� 1941 to 1945 鈥� were unique, in that Americans ...
In last weekend鈥檚 <em>Observer-Reporter</em>, the first part of a serial, 鈥淢ain Street Murder and Mayhem,鈥� was published. It outlines the lead-up to a killing that happened in Washington in October 1864, just days before a tense nation voted in an election that ...
