An extra-large King of NASCAR Richard Petty T-shirt and patterned green and black camouflage clothing added to the local color of the public meeting. Decent hard-working people concerned about the air, water and land filled the room that night more than a decade ago in Dimock Township in Susquehanna County. Both pro and con, we […]
Not good enough, Guv. Don’t tell me you can’t. You just won’t. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is absolutely empowered to take varied aggressive action to combat and neutralize abuse by Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) goons. But he refuses. Instead Shapiro playacts leadership, preening, posturing and preparing to one day announce […]
Distant and icy, Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti remains publicly silent about recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol killings in Minneapolis. Aloof reserve from this Democratic congressional candidate in Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District and too-cool-for-her-own-good opportunistic public servant should come as no surprise. In a 28/22news.com television interview one year ago Cognetti even […]
Dumped carelessly on its side in an East Gibson Street snow bank, the child’s bike lay abandoned for days. Before it fell somebody at least leaned the blue Huffy Rock It kid’s bike against a tree. My first thought was that some Hill Section hooligan stole the bike and ditched it when an impromptu joyride […]
Bathed in orange sunshine and perched on a wooden boat dock railing overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway in Clearwater Beach, Florida, the seagull smoothed her feathers, cocked her head and stared at me. “I know, Margot,” I said. “I know.” My editor and manager Stephanie to whom I am married grinned at me from across the […]
