Shortly after federal immigration agents arrested Higinio Mendez-Salazar I tried tracking his whereabouts. I quickly lost the man millions of Americans want to disappear. Nobody will help me locate him, not his former federal public defender, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Pike County jailers where ICE holds many undocumented immigrants or the U.S. Marshals […]
A little frazzled but still in control the young bearded guy in front of the oven ladled tomato sauce on the dough with the ease of a Renaissance artist layering red paint on a priceless fresco. Looking up he quickly explained. “I just got an order for 30 pizzas,” he said. “It’ll take me 20, […]
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, is Trump Town. This struggling provincial city needs all the evolution it can get. Low Cut Connie offered to help. At first Luzerne County government bosses in this county seat people once called “The Valley with a Heart” cut a deal with the band to play a fun summer concert called Rockin’ the […]
Public outrage would erupt if a Jew hater painted a swastika on a Scranton, Pennsylvania, synagogue door. Public backlash would come fast and harsh if word spread that a Jew hater threw a rock through a window at the Scranton Jewish Community Center. Media would rush to cover the story. Local, state and national elected […]
Already moving on the polished Susquenita High School lobby floor, as soon as the band kicked into the “Wipe Out” drum solo, Jesse shifted from first to second gear with a smooth clockwise rotation that made him look like a Perry County tornado. We watched in awe, clapping and egging him on although he needed […]
