By John Brutz If you think the dangerous drinking water issues that have plagued communities like Flint, Mich., and Jackson, Miss., can’t happen here in Pennsylvania, think again. Just this month, as reported in this paper, Commonwealth Court ruled that the operation and management of a ...
By Nick Jacobs Dan Buettner, a New York Times bestselling author, has spent two decades studying places in the world where longevity seems to be a given, and people simply forget to die. They live into their late 90s and early 100s as healthy, productive participants in their communities. The ...
By Beth Piccione Recently, I was honored to speak at a public hearing held by the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General to discuss the proposed affiliation between Washington Health System (WHS) and UPMC. To anyone who was at the event, it was clear there is strong and overwhelming ...
By Gary Stout No one should be surprised that the local print newspaper you are reading is becoming as rare as the typewriter or the touch-tone telephone. Chances are high that people you know under age 30 have never read any print news media, saved an article for a scrapbook, pored over ...
By Kent James The second of three parts. In the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors, Israel was always David fighting the Arab Goliath determined to destroy Israel. But the dynamic began to change starting with the 1967 war, in which Israel pre-emptively struck its Arab neighbors ...
By Dave Ball The United States is in the midst of a migration crisis. This crisis exists at many levels. It is a security crisis. It is a financial crisis. It is a law and order crisis. It is a humanitarian crisis. It is a health crisis. It is a political crisis. It is, at its core, a ...
