I went to my friend Marshall’s birthday party when I was in elementary school. “So what?” you say. “We all went to birthday parties.” That is most certainly true, and I’ve forgotten most that I attended, but this particular party remains in my memory because it has bearing on the ...
My views on war and its place in American foreign policy have changed dramatically over the years. As a child, my family were members of a tiny Quaker congregation (Religious Society of Friends) that met in the Meeting House that defined our small New Jersey hamlet, Quakertown. In the Quaker ...
Donald Trump’s attack on Iran disregards the National Security Strategy the administration released in December, which claimed that the “Trump Corollary” would focus on the Americas. For better or for worse, Trump will not be constrained by history, policy, or anything, really. ...
Life is hectic. Keeping track of work, home and family commitments is challenging enough. Now imagine adding another task to your daily routine: checking multiple government websites just to find out what your local and state officials are planning to do. You would have to monitor the ...
National Sunshine Week, March 15-21, is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attention to actions that place those principles at risk. Pennsylvanians deserve to know what their elected school and township supervisor boards, borough councils and other ...
My thoughts on data centers coming to the region are complicated. If I am wearing my stock market hat, where I am invested in corporations on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence, my thoughts are positive. On the other hand, if I consider the possibility of a large data center ...
