A city police officer cutting through the courthouse parking lot for a smoke found Shannon Kelly on her back buried in a snow drift with her arms and legs stiff and extended like a bug caught in an icy slate sidewalk crack. Frantic, he called in the corpse over the radio. Deceased white female, dressed […]
Dear President Biden, My name is Mabel Weatherhogg. I’m 95 years old and was born and raised in Scranton. Unlike you, I still live here. I’m a Marywood College graduate who worked as a public librarian for more than 40 years. I’m writing to invite you to be my date at next month’s Lackawanna County […]
Serving in Congress is now a matter of life and death. That’s why congressional leaders must stop colleagues who pack loaded pistols on Capitol property and pose a threat to kill somebody. Disarmament is long overdue for federal lawmakers who prowl the Hill with itchy fingers on the triggers like gunfighters in a shoot ’em […]
Wearing a tight puckered face right out of an OIC television commercial, Timmy Kelly confessed. I hate Joe Biden, he said, especially when the dorky bastard jogs that gawky dash he makes with his arms pumping psychostimulants or whatever juice he’s on to show off geriatric dexterity. Earl piped in. What is he, 100? The […]
The White House switchboard operator asked why I wanted to talk with somebody in the press office. What is your affiliation? I’m a veteran journalist who writes news blogs, I said Monday, and I need contact information for the person assigned to respond to media inquiries from Scranton. I have questions, you see. I didn’t […]
