CHARLEROI — For 132 years, the sound of the factory air whistle signaling the start of the work day at the plant along 8th and McKean Avenue in this Washington County borough meant all the things we associate with work: Men and women had jobs, families had food on their table, the societal ...
Kafkaesque. One hears that word a lot in discussions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Or, for lowbrows like me, "The Twilight Zone" might be the pertinent reference. Abrego Garcia is the Maryland man who was wrongly deported and imprisoned without trial in a grim prison in El Salvador. In March, ...
To the editor: “Where’s Waldo” is a wonderful children’s puzzle book many of us played with our children. The challenge is to find Waldo hidden amid countless images of people and objects. The reward is when they discover Waldo. More than fun, this game builds perception skills, ...
We live in uncertain times. It's a phrase we keep hearing, whether we're talking about climate change or politics. But aren't all times uncertain? We could time-travel to declare uncertainty during the Great Depression, the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Last week, Democrats decided to expend their quickly diminishing political capital in defense of a deported Salvadoran illegal immigrant named Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Garcia was deported to El Salvador some weeks ago; the Department of Justice initially admitted that his deportation was an ...
To the editor: Some 45+ years ago I was newly minted Internal Medicine doc, having within the past year joined the practice of Dr. Janners in Hancock. It was a busy Monday morning when I got a call from the ER that one of my elderly patients looked like he had had a stroke. I ran over and ...