So many of our readers enjoy seeing stories about kids and young adults, and I’m happy to see families get excited about having one of their own featured in the newspaper.
"Let 100 flowers bloom” might sound like a weird way to announce the expansion of conservative voices on The Herald’s opinion page.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit earlier this year, I had a hard time imagining the impact it would have on my family.
For 20 years we have lived in our current home in humble Grove City, Pennsylvania. It came with a nice flagpole mounted on the front. We change the flag a lot. Sometimes we display flags with various types of art celebrating the seasons – for fall, winter, and spring. Around July 4 and Memor…
As other statues and monuments are being removed or criticized throughout our nation, a new $150 million memorial located near the U.S. Capitol was dedicated earlier this month honoring the general who helped defeat the Axis Powers in World War II and the president who worked diligently to p…
There’s an interesting thing about wearing face masks during a global pandemic — they don’t do much to prevent the wearer from contracting the disease.
I do not hate my mom. Many in the media and some friends on social media seem to believe I do hate my mom, as well as other older people with compromised immune systems.
While all the rage in education, my hackles rise when an educator declares, “We learn from our students” or “Students should construct their own knowledge.” Granted, the 55 years since I was a freshman may explain my antediluvian notion that professors should teach because students need to learn.
Tick-Tock. Tick-Tock.
Presidents and presidential candidates try to manipulate public opinion whenever they consider press coverage embarrassing, unhelpful or worse.
Both my country and I lost a great friend and freedom fighter this week: Herb Meyer, an unsung hero of the Cold War. He received the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal for his November 1983 memo predicting a Soviet collapse and victory for the United States. “If present trends…
College students have racked up $1.5 trillion in student loan debt. These students take on staggering debt and blindly head off to college, hoping for the best. For many college students, this is a formula for disaster. These leaders of tomorrow have been abandoned to fend for themselves. Th…
One of the major Supreme Court decisions we’ll soon hear about is the Bladensburg cross case. This is the case in which secularists are demanding the removal of a large cross that memorializes veterans in the town of Bladensburg, Maryland because the cross resides on public property.
This past weekend I found myself in the middle of a social media frenzy. It started when Dr. Phil gave an interview to People.com regarding the current college admissions scandal. In explaining his take on the situation, Dr. Phil opined that the accused parents weren’t really shopping for an…
The news media are taking quite a bruising these days. Politicians, including the current occupant of the White House, revel in bashing reporters, newspapers, television and cable networks, Internet news outlets and just about anyone else who dares to shed light or comment on the workings of…
VALENTINE’S DAY, just two weeks away on our calendar, came to be celebrated as a day of romance about the 14th Century.
In 1989, a duo consisting of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus achieved a historic first, hitting the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with three different songs from their first album. It sold 7 million copies in the United States, vaulted them to worldwide fame and won them a Grammy.
NEWSFLASH: Living in western Pennsylvania or eastern Ohio isn’t for wimps.
HERE are some thoughts from a guy who wonders at times about product development and marketing.
On Christmas Eve, 1968, three humans in the cramped Apollo 8 command module slingshot around the moon. They were the first human beings ever to be in the gravitational sphere of influence of another celestial body. While in lunar orbit, the astronauts recited the first 10 verses of Genesis 1…
In a recent article titled “Spending More on Debt than Defense,” author Mark Hendrickson highlights the interest payments on our rapidly growing national debt in relation to defense spending. By 2023, Hendrickson points out, interest payments on the national debt will exceed the amount spent…
The financial health of the federal government has been deteriorating for decades. Unable to break free from our bipartisan addiction to deficit spending, the national debt has continued to rise relentlessly.
“Pray for us, I will call you later.”
WHILE visiting a breathtaking butterfly exhibit in the south, we saw two large rare butterflies, apparently mating. The interpreter, however, indicated that at this stage of their late adult lives, they were no longer fertile.
Predictably, the start of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court was an embarrassing fiasco for almost everyone involved. The Republican chair of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Chuck Grassley, had barely begun his opening remarks before Democratic Senator Kamala Harris…
All that’s been said about U.S. Sen. John McCain since his death last Saturday should cause Americans to reflect deeply and in an open-minded way on the great service to this country that was the hallmark of his life.
Full disclosure: I have never seen an episode of the long-running PBS children’s show called “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” The only reason I went to see “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” the documentary about Mr. Rogers and his show, was because we were visiting friends who very much wanted to see …
They danced. They sang. They shouted and cried for joy. Had their team won the Super Bowl or the Stanley Cup? Had they won a giant Powerball lottery? No, but their lives had been transformed. A well had been dug in their village, and now they would have a clean, reliable source of water and …
The history of liberty in America features an endless battle over the rights of individuals versus the powers of police. The Constitution was written with the intent of protecting citizens and controlling cops. But that's not quite in keeping with the preferences of Brett Kavanaugh.
Are President Trump's threats and insults against our allies just an obnoxious negotiating tactic? It hardly matters, because they haven't worked. And it's worse than not working. Trump has turned "made in America" into consumer poison around the globe.
The U.S. created conditions in Central America that families are desperate to flee — even if they risk being separated.
America's paper of record said a Bernie Sanders-inspired grassroots group was "failing" — just one day before its candidates rocked the Democratic establishment.
Is Abolish ICE a movement or just a slogan?
ROB Hiaasen ... Gerald Fischman ... Wendi Winters ... John McNamara ... Rebecca Smith.
The Koch brothers are really getting their money’s worth from Trump’s secretary of state.
Before last year’s big tax cuts, the economy was improving nicely. After the tax cuts, the economy is doing the same – for now, anyway.
The ceasefire in Afghanistan came to an unmistakable end Wednesday when 30 Afghan government soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack in a western province. You may not have noticed the end of the ceasefire because you may not have noticed the start of the ceasefire, just a few days earlier.
The president says he wants to lower drug prices, but Big Pharma isn’t fooled.
By John Sparks
The tweet that caused an uproar that led to the cancellation of Roseanne Barr’s ABC sitcom was a reminder of the most illuminating and depressing reality of our time: the stubborn centrality of race and racism in our national life.
Many Americans would be shocked to learn that political coups are part of our country’s history. Consider the Wall Street Putsch of 1933.
We shouldn’t have to accept harmful emissions in the atmosphere to stay connected to our friends and family.
By Kathleen Rogers
By Pa. Rep. John Lawrence
Appearing before foreign service officers and other employees at the State Department on Wednesday, Donald Trump commended them for faithfully performing their most important task – applauding him.
Politicians have made a mess of things for American workers, but a new Poor People's Campaign is rising to set things right.
By Stephanie Savell
Only two women were both wife to a president and mother to a president. One was Abigail Adams, who died 200 years ago, Oct. 28, 1818; the other was Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Mrs. Bush was 92 years old.
Obituaries
Donna "Imogene," 94, of Grove City. Funeral services: Private. Friends can email condolences by visiting www.jamisonfuneralhome.com Burial: East Unity Cemetery. The JAMISON-MCKINLEY FUNERAL HOME in Harrisville is assisting the family with arrangements.
Beryle Ramona "Billie" Montgomery, 83, Stowe, Ohio. A memorial service will take place at a later date. Friends can email condolences by visiting www.mckinleyfuneralhome.net Burial: Clintonville Methodist Cemetery. The LARRY E. MCKINLEY FUNERAL HOME, Clintonville, assisted the family with th…
Beryle Ramona "Billie" Montgomery Ivell, 83, passed away on Feb. 22, 2021, at the Stowe-Glen Retirement Village, Stowe, Ohio, where she had resided for the past several years. She was born on July 7, 1938, and raised by John K. "Jack" and Lottie Seelbaugh Montgomery in the Eau Claire area. S…
Donna L., 84, of Grove City. Visitation: Was Saturday (2-27-21) at Wayside Community Church. Funeral service: Was Saturday at the church, with Rev. Lester Rowan officiating. Burial: Prairie Cemetery, Harrisville. Online condolences at cunninghamfhgc.com. Arrangements by CUNNING-HAM FUNERAL H…
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