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 ...
Last week, the Supreme Court scuttled the Biden administration鈥檚 attempt to forgive more than $400 billion in student loan debt.As a matter of policy, broad-based student debt cancellation remains a terrible idea for a host of reasons.While targeting relatively small debts held by lower ...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson鈥檚 dissent in the Supreme Court鈥檚 affirmative action case achieved instant legendary status in certain quarters.Vice President Kamala Harris called it 鈥減robably one of the most brilliant dissents that any justice of the United States Supreme Court has ever ...
