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The long reach of long COVID

I get it. People are tired of COVID. So am I. Many people think COVID isn’t a big deal anymore. Let’s end COVID!, a group dedicated to public education and COVID mitigation, sees it differently. We strive for accuracy and exist to inform the public about known facts that can lead to good-faith discussions of the best ways to manage complex public health problems, even though we wish we didn’t have to deal with them. We want people to know how to safeguard their own and their loved ones’ health. Respiratory viral illnesses have now reached epidemic levels in the United States ...

America’s ‘silent majority’ will stand against wave of antisemitism

Antisemitism in America seems like it should be an oxymoron. The United States has been the best country ever for the Jewish people, a beacon of light and tolerance. There have been some dark moments. The United States refused 300,000 refugees offered by the Nazis before the scourge of the Holocaust wiped out European Jewry. The United States lied when it said it could not bomb the rail links to the death camp, Auschwitz, when in fact bombers were operating out of both Italy and the UK. Private letters now show both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt to be antisemites. In 1942, Treasury ...

Democrats’ Bucks County school board sweep should unnerve GOP everywhere

DOYLESTOWN — There are only a handful of counties in this country that can authentically claim their voting habits are bona fide bellwethers for elections in battleground states. Bucks County, a suburb near Philadelphia, is one of them. What makes it so is the political diversity of voters that is split up into three distinct geographical patches: Lower Bucks, Central Bucks and Upper Bucks. Lower Bucks has always been filled with working-class voters, traditional New Deal Democrats and many Catholics who migrated here out of Philadelphia to bedroom communities in the 1950s and ...

Retirement expenses another unresolved consequence

On Sept. 28, 2022 the Old Lycoming Township supervisors held a township meeting at the Old Lycoming Township Volunteer Fire Department with standing room only. It was supposed to be the meeting where you could express your views, positive or negative on the regionalization of Old Lycoming Township Police Department. Many became so disgusted and left the meeting early when they found out that two of the Township Supervisors, had made their decision before the meeting started. We know that during several Township meetings the Supervisors promised that no decision would be made on ...

Autumn fun and COVID-19

Wow! It’s fall, when some of my hobbies and interests collide, and decisions need to be made about what to enjoy and when, although one solution my brothers and I have dreamed of for a number of years was recently put into place. Since one brother just retired from teaching and another retired a while ago (one still is working), we decided to combine two sports we really enjoy into a one-day event. We had our first ever “Cast and Blast” — we went trout fishing in the morning and inline deer hunting in the afternoon. The cast part was very successful although the hunting was ...

The Jersey Shore teachers’ contract and the risks of public perception

Way back in late July, the Jersey Shore School Board approved a new contract with its teachers. Attached to the agenda was a “Tentative Agreement Summary” of the Articles where changes had been made. When asked during “Public Comment” if the board had a projected cost for the new contract, the Board President responded that any cost projections would not be accurate and that when executed by both parties, the contract would be posted on the district’s website, where the average citizen could read it themselves. So, if no cost analysis was developed, on what basis did Mrs. ...