Trial by fire brought Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to the forefront of America’s antisemitism frenzy. Asleep following a Passover event he hosted at the governor’s mansion in Harrisburg in April, police security awakened Shapiro and his family after an attacker set fire to their state home. Police say alleged arsonist Cody Balmer confessed he hated […]
In yet another stunning example of cold dispassion, Everhart Museum of Natural History & Art officials in Scranton, Pennsylvania, refuse to respond to my questions about whether they possess Native American human remains. And, if they do, why have they failed to adhere to federal law that requires them to return the human remains to […]
Of all days in 2016 to showcase a “shrunken head,” Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art officials in Scranton, Pennsylvania, chose Halloween. Despite acknowledging “ethical considerations,” museum staff highlighted the dried body part like a grisly relic starring as a grotesque creature in a low budget horror movie. Museum officials posted a bizarre […]
Ancient human remains gathering dust in a dark Scranton storage space is no way to treat the dead. But that’s how administrators at the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art are mishandling a more than 2,000-year-old Peruvian mummy. This five-foot-tall teenage cadaver once existed as a live human, walking and talking with family […]
In the photo the empty lot behind me blurs in the Atlantic City distance, making faded letters advertising salt water taffy impossible to read on the peeling side of the building. Yet memories of my youth glisten amid the gravel and dirt of that barren piece of property where Eddie’s Shamrock Bar, the first bar […]
