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Candidates should listen to senior voters

As the candidates for governor and U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania hit the campaign trail this summer, it would be wise for them to pay closer attention to voters 50+. Why? Because all indications point to Pennsylvania voters 50+ being 61% of the likely voting electorate, and that means they could be the deciders come November 8. New research by AARP in partnership with pollsters Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research shows that the candidates are neck and neck. State Senator Doug Mastriano (R) and Attorney General Josh Shapiro (D) are essentially tied in the governor’s race among likely ...

Families of those with severe COVID-19 cases struggle with fear, missed memories

I was fortunate that my parents could fund my college tuition, that our health insurance covered most hospital expenses, that my dad made it home alive, and that my family is finally together again. Despite all this I don’t always feel that ‘fortune.’ Many things went on behind the scenes that most didn’t know about, like the new responsibilities I didn’t want that forced me to grow up all too quickly. When my dad first tested positive for COVID, my most pressing problem was that I wouldn’t be able to participate in my high school musical due to being quarantined. I cried ...

Chief Justice Roberts: a profile in courage

Chief Justice John Roberts is a profile in courage who would easily make it into John F. Kennedy’s famous work on politicians who sometimes take the path less traveled. Roberts, was nominated by George W. Bush on September 29, 2005. He had formerly served on the District of Columbia Circuit Court. He was defined by President Bush’s enemies as a man who would ruin the Court and return it to prehistoric days. Instead, Roberts has stood out as a courageous and honorable justice. Much has already been written about Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health, decided by the Supreme Court in ...

Vaccines for children under 5

• Does my child actually need the vaccine? Yes. There is a tremendous burden of disease in this age group. Thankfully the rate of severe disease is lower compared to adults, but this is an inherently flawed comparison because kids don’t die as often as adults. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 442 children aged 0-4 years old have died from COVID-19. If we compare to other vaccine preventable diseases among children, deaths due to COVID19 are highest. We cannot become numb to these deaths. In terms of hospitalization, children, and specifically those under age 5, did not fare ...

America still confronting an artificial divide regarding abortion

We are a nation divided. Increasingly extreme ideologies have come to define us, polarize us, and inspire the law of the land. Many falsely believe that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, was the start of abortion in the U.S. In reality abortion was not only common, but a leading cause of pregnancy-related injury and death for women in pre-Roe America. Women who died from illegal abortion were predominantly black and in the second trimester. Middle- and upper-class white women also received illegal abortions, but were better positioned to avoid tragedy. ...

Where have all the Christians gone?

Is it just me, or have you also been noticing a growing trend among many Christian pastors and Church members in our country to replace traditional Christian values with a completely different set of beliefs? Here are some of the shifts I have noticed cropping up from behind the pulpit and in the pews: FROM: My kingdom is not of this world” TO: “My kingdom is the American Dream in the chosen land of the United States of America.” FROM: “Worship no God but me.” “Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.” TO: A new Trinity: “God, Guns and ...