“Fiction is where I go to tell the truth,” the late, great Pat Conroy once said. In his acclaimed novels, Conroy cut close to the bone, exposing human truths that left readers breathless with painful recognition.Lucky for him and his readers, Conroy’s death in 2016 meant he was spared the ...
Last season, before tip-offs at West Virginia University home basketball games, the public address announcer would call the crowd’s attention to the school’s promise to treat every person with respect.The pronouncement usually came amidst a welter of noise and other distractions, but ...
Pennsylvania companies are changing the world. It’s on us to support them and their workers and create opportunities for more to thrive.Spark Therapeutics in Philadelphia is revolutionizing gene therapy and medical treatment for genetic disease.EMD Electronics has become a global leader in ...
Commentators were quick to note President Joe Biden’s low job approval and favorability ratings after he announced his long-expected reelection bid last month.Others have publicly urged Biden not to run again because of his advanced age. Biden’s popularity has never really recovered ...
Interaction between national elected officials is regularly characterized by demeaning attacks against political adversaries. There is little attempt to engage in meaningful discussion over options that might lead to well-reasoned, incremental solutions to improve our daily living.When policy ...
New Yorkers are divided on what happened on that F train when a former Marine, who was white, choked to death an unruly homeless man, who was Black. The comments sections of the New York papers reveal little division among the readers. Facts are still coming in, but based on what we know, most ...
