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Governor should focus on bigger problems

All eyes are on the Keystone State in 2024. Whoever wins Pennsylvania, the nation’s largest swing state, will likely occupy the White House. Unsurprisingly, President Joe Biden and his administration were eager to work with Gov. Josh Shapiro recently. However, the outcome of this collaboration will probably surprise you — and definitely let you down. No, Shapiro was not seeking Biden’s help to curb record inflation, stop rampant crime, or address Philadelphia’s deadly opioid crisis. Instead, Shapiro used his political capital with the leader of the free world to “save” ...

Lessons from the Argentinian president’s address to World Economic Forum

In a thrilling address at the World Economic Forum, Javier Milei, President of Argentina, presented a robust defense of capitalism and a critical examination of all forms of collectivism. His speech, rich in historical context and economic analysis, offers some vital lessons that are particularly relevant for today’s globalized economy. Sadly, these lessons have long been ignored by American politicians on the right and left, whether in Washington or on the campaign trail. Milei began with a stark warning about the dangers of collectivist policies based on Argentina’s own, ...

Christ’s church and Trump’s cult

Over the last decade or so, a broad swath of American Christians have changed their core beliefs in Jesus Christ into the very opposite of those embodied in Christ words and actions. Specifically, by remaining followers of former President Trump, they have moved away from promoting the values of love to promoting hatred, forgiveness to revenge, humility to pride, awareness of faults to self-justification, humility to pride, compassion to heartlessness, reassurance to intimidation, unpretentiousness to arrogance, and truthfulness into dishonesty. They have exchanged these specific values ...

Stories of heartache and service

Three days before the Independent Hose Company No. 1 in Jersey Shore was to hold the funeral service for one of their own at their station on Pennsylvania Avenue, members of the volunteer fire department answered the call three times that day to serve those in need. It was Monday, Jan. 15, a national holiday, but it was no holiday for Independent Hose. As they wrestled with their own grief of suddenly losing 37-year-old fire Lt. Ronald Dailey, the firefighters continued to put on their protective gear, jump in their fire trucks and answer the call. Actually, the fire company ...

The long-COVID journey of a husband and father

My name was Sam. I was a loving son, husband, father, father-in-law, grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, and friend. I was a Navy veteran and a retired high school math and physics teacher. I enjoyed hunting in my younger years, doing yard work, hiking, and golfing. My wife, Debbie, and I enjoyed traveling after we retired; we were so excited about our upcoming 50th anniversary cruise scheduled for February 2024. During the evening of March 2, 2022, I tested positive for COVID with a home test, and verified it by re-testing at an urgent care center. I had very mild symptoms. At the ...

Israel and pleas to deal with the devil

In a Faustian deal with the devil, a mortal trades something of importance, usually the soul, for a worldly benefit such as money, power or sex. At the end of the game of life, the recipient of worldly pleasures trades in the human soul. The “deal with the devil” finds its origin in Christian mythology, where the devil tempts mankind into giving up eternal bliss in return for temporary gain. Judaism sees Satan as the accuser, the prosecutor; an angel whose job it is to challenge the goodness of God. Job, in spite of the horrors which befall him in life, refused to denounce ...