Over the years, television has provided an accurate perspective of the problem — “affliction” sometimes might be the better descriptive word — of hoarding. We’re referring to people who have, in essence, ruined their lives, homes and also, perhaps, relationships because of having ...
No matter when and/or how Pennsylvania’s budget impasse ends, members of the General Assembly need to exercise an examination of conscience into why they allowed the current fiscal embarrassment to persist for so long — now having passed the three-month mark for a basic budget-preparation ...
No one likes to be yelled at or cursed at, least of all a public official trying to do a hard job under difficult circumstances. That has been happening a lot at Frederick County Board of Education meetings recently. Some members of the public show up simply to spew venom at the officials. It is pretty tough to sit there and take it. The temptation is to prohibit people from cursing or yelling. The urge can be strong — but public officials need to resist it. The Policy Committee of the school board is considering updating its meeting policy to prohibit personal attacks during ...
We know that the need for energy in both the U.S. and world is only growing. We’ve noted numerous times before that the role renewable energy can play in meeting that need will still be determined by as-of-yet-unrealized technological advances, and we’ve argued that until then, the ...
From coast to coast and in between, staunchly Republican and staunchly Democratic states are weighing redrawing their congressional district boundaries, often in explicit ways to reach a clearly partisan outcome. We understand the impulse for engaged voters who feel strongly about the state ...
You might remember them as the National Federation of Parents for Drug Free Youth, from back in the 1980s, but today, the renamed National Family Partnership continues its work to support families and communities “in nurturing the full potential of healthy, drug free youth.” Among the efforts supported by the organization is National Red Ribbon Week, Oct. 23-31 each year, and established to honor the memory of U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agent Enrique Camarena, who was killed, likely because of his work, in 1985. At the time, according to the organization, “In honor of ...
