Harold noticed the shirt. Who’s on your sweatshirt? Denis thought he heard a voice ringing in his head, words that sounded like echoes in the boxing gym. The two fighters on your shirt, who are they? Denis touched the front of his jersey. Let me see, Harold said. Etched profiles of two men, one on […]
With flushed faces shimmering beneath a green neon beer sign, their argument started early and finished late, with punches, of course. Violence lurked just under the skin of any disagreement in most Scranton bars. Yet, this infusion of emotion fueled neighborhood lore and the working-class legacy, stories told and retold over the years with each […]
MOM, Grandpa’s smoking weed again! When did you turn into such a little rat? You told on me when I was making dance videos and was supposed to be studying, Little Brenda said. You’re 16. You’re 70. Yeah, but I’m retired. Your mother has to work, cook, clean and buy groceries. I watch cartoons at […]
Escaping in an ungodly specter of fire and brimstone, the ghost of Hunter Thompson rises from the tomb. The same way the priest in “The Exorcist” (played by my late friend and Scranton native Jason Miller) felt the presence of Beelzebub, I feel the good doctor’s presence and applaud his eternal life because Hunter Thompson […]
Longshots make the best winners. If Marlene Sebastianelli emerges after the May 18 special election as the new Pennsylvania state senator for the 22nd District, voters can finally expect a legitimate champion of the people. Current state Rep. Marty Flynn is the endorsed Democratic Party nominee for the job loyal Democrat John Blake held for […]
