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Kudos Bob Cellini

When my son was 7 in 1995, he loved basketball. I heard about the John Bower Sunday School Basketball League from a friend so we got him signed up on the St. Ann’s team. I remember the first game and when I walked in, I saw Bob Cellini who was a lead volunteer for the program. Over the next several years, I noted that Bob was there every Saturday morning and also ran the gym for practices during the week. This year, my grandson (the son of the boy who played in 1995) played for the same St. Ann’s team as his Dad. When I walked into the gym for the 1st game, I was amazed to see ...

Financial data at risk

Filing taxes is always a headache, but this year we are facing a much more alarming concern. Billionaire Elon Musk is attempting to gain access to IRS computer systems holding the most sensitive personal information of U.S. taxpayers. His actions could lead to one of the largest and most damaging data breaches in American history. If Musk’s rogue DOGE organization gains access to IRS data, there is a real risk that the information will be leaked. Ordinary citizens may find that their personal financial data has been made public. Perceived critics of the Trump administration – ...

US AID

Two items appearing in the Sun-Gazette on February 19 are noteworthy. Kudos to the Sun-Gazette for juxtaposing these two pieces. First a letter to the Editor from a progressive in Lewisburg, decrying the cuts in USAID. This writer makes the argument that this is illegal and immoral, and will reduce US power and influence around the world. He creates sympathy in the reader by saying that people around the world depend on the lifesaving aid provided by USAID. Finally he argues that cutting the aid provides opportunities for China and Russia to get a piece of the action. If its bad for ...

Standing up for Pennsylvania

Governor Josh Shapiro shows a lot of courage in standing up for Pennsylvania by taking the Trump administration to court for illegally blocking more than $2 billion in federal funding that has already been legally obligated to our state. This is real money for real projects that Pennsylvanians depend on. Congress, with bipartisan support, approved this funding to protect public health, lower energy costs, and create jobs in rural communities. These funds are tied to legally binding contracts between Pennsylvania and the federal government. No president – Democrat or Republican – ...

Gerontology malpractice

Amongst the pardons that were surprisingly missing from the final minutes of Biden’s presidential life, there’s the non-pardon of the world famous gerontologist, Dr. Jill. Given the obvious malpractice she permitted and performed on the enfeebled elderly patient in her care, that’s surprising. And equally legally surprising is that non-pardon coming from Biden, an attorney, since it might be malpractice on Joe’s part. That assumes, of course, he was sufficiently mentally present to be legally responsible. And so perhaps Jill will end up suing Joe if Trump’s new DOJ, Pam Bondi, ...

The left did not get the message

The Democrats are again showing their anger with President Trump, with the exception Senator John Fetterman, prancing in the streets, chanting “we will win” and calling his plan to slim the Government and carve out the, waste, abuse, and possibly fraud of spending Federal funds a “constitutional crisis”, whereas it was they themselves who actually caused an authentic constitutional crisis with their open border policies allowing unfettered entry to millions of illegal entrants without proper vetting, allowing free dispersal into the depths of the country, giving free shelter in ...