Michael Sauers May 2,2025 It is difficult to watch the hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth regarding the PP&L Electric Utilities proposed 500kV double-circuit transmission line scheduled to run through the "Valley". Up until now, the Valley has remained oblivious...
Michael Sauers April 16, 2025 For as long as I can remember I have had to fight off, one way or another, the tentacles of condescension, contempt, prejudice and hate. My Dad was a community organizer, activist and politician. He stuck his neck out often and was...
Michael Sauers April 11, 2025 Government, business groups and think tanks talk out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to teachers/education. They will often proclaim the utmost respect, importance and necessity of good teachers and quality education. The...
Michael Sauers March 29, 2025 To begin, please refer to an earlier post, (8-25-22) entitled, Woke-To Be or Not To Be. One of Trump's strategies is to throw red "meat" to the MAGA crowd. He needs to keep them on board while he is short changing them. Erasing history or...
Michael Sauers April 23, 2025 Earth Day is a bust. It has been reduced to people cleaning garbage along roadsides. Whoopie! Environmental activism is a mere whimper. Climate change is already upon us and is/will continue to have drastic effects for centuries to come....
Michael Sauers April 16, 2025 Welcome to the Sunrise Movement at Commonwealth University, formally Bloomsburg University. They are a local chapter of the national Sunrise Movement. Dedicated to stopping the climate crisis and creating millions of good paying jobs in...
Michael Sauers April 10, 2025 A phone-in town hall meeting is weak, weak, weak! Congressman Meuser just tried. I'm sure he will spin it his way but for me it was very disappointing. He is my representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and I expect him to be...
Watch Out, NEMO and SpongeBob! Michael Sauers March 28, 2025 Some people still believe the world is flat while others contend that the Earth is hollow. Incredibly, some folks still believe that marine life; crabs, lobster, fish, mollusks, crustaceans and mammals do...
Michael Sauers April 22, 2025 Many people cannot or choose not to see any farther than their noses. Many people cannot or choose not to hear anything beyond their thoughts. Many people cannot or choose not to speak, especially to power. I do not exclude myself. Most...
Michael Sauers April 12, 2025 My understanding of education is that it is open, unbiased, thorough and subject to debate, inquiry, investigation and tolerant of differing views. Former PA Senator John Yudichak is now President of Luzerne County Community College....
Michael Sauers March 31, 2025 Recently I had the pleasure of visiting with a dozen or so friends. It was a great time with lots of lively chatter on a variety of topics. Yes, we shared stories of our afflictions as we are all in our seventh decade of life on Earth....
Donald Trump does not inspire confidence. Many people based their opinion of him on limited information from television, newspaper and radio reports that revolved around real estate, golf, gambling and reality TV. That was in 2015. Like many people, I started to learn...