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Technology and learning

I want to applaud Montoursville Area School District School Board member, Sharon Meyer, on her comments in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette’s Friday, May 15, 2026, edition. I wholeheartedly agree with Sharon Meyer’s statement “First off, I don’t know why we have Chromebooks for every single kid in kindergarten and first grade, “I think it’s a great time not to put screens in front of 5-year-olds and 6-year-olds for all the school day.” My agreement with this statement is based on a discussion about reading with a 4th and 5th grader during a family gathering. When inquiring ...

Who holds Trump accountable?

Donald Trump promised to avoid foreign entanglements and improve life for everyday Americans. So why won’t Congressional Republicans push back as he breaks those promises and pursues policies many Americans oppose? An unnecessary and potentially open-ended conflict with Iran risks American lives, strains military readiness, depletes weapons stockpiles, and adds billions to our already staggering national debt. Meanwhile, families struggling with gas, groceries, and healthcare costs are told to accept cuts and sacrifices while huge tax breaks once again flow disproportionately to the ...

Crime: The new government subsidy

“There was a time—not long ago—when we could say with certainty: ‘Crime does not pay.’ That time is over. Under a new Trump Administration “incentive plan,” convicted Jan. 6 defendants could receive payments from a $1.776 billion Justice Department Anti‑Weaponization Fund. The proposal rests on the baseless claim that these individuals were “victimized” by politically motivated federal investigations or prosecutions—despite no evidence supporting such an allegation.. So today, crime doesn’t just pay—our own government is cutting checks to the people who ...

Financial struggles

When asked if Americans’ financial problems would motivate him to make a deal with Iran, Trump responded, “Not even a little bit. I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon. That’s all.” Yet, the US had the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2015 under Obama which declared Iran couldn’t develop a nuclear weapon in exchange for lifting sanctions. Trump withdrew from that agreement in 2018, partially motivated by a desire to reverse a signature policy of Obama. After ...

The next pandemic

To all the anti-vaxers out there. You don’t have to worry about the next pandemic, whether it is Hanta virus or a new version of Bird Flu. With all the Trump-era cuts to the NIH, it is unlikely a timely vaccine would be made immediately available— I.E. No more ‘Operation Warp Speeds.’ And forget about research dedicated to infectious diseases in general. By the way, The war with Iran costs anywhere from 500 million to a billion dollars a day. And the cuts to the NIH last year amounted to about two billion dollars. So, you see, waging unnecessary and dubious warfare is so ...

Cancel culture

The only cancel culture I believe in is when Jesus was nailed to the cross and He cancelled our sins, past, present and future. The other cancel cultures are pure evil. It destroys families, friends, neighbors and countries. There is nothing good about it. Do you remember Joe Biden, the president that wasn’t but in title only, when he stated that we would be better off in a one world order? During the pandemic a spokesperson for the Australian government was asked why they were treating their citizens they way they were and her response was “we’re only following the rules of the ...