Mike Sauers August 14, 2024 Sapiens like to think of themselves as special. Highly intelligent! Creative! Innovative! Conquerors! Problem solvers! Masters of the planet! Etc., etc.,etc.! From a self-serving, top of the food chain perspective that has limited merit...
It is difficult to find a beginning for this post. Public schools in Pennsylvania have been underfunded for decades. That means that tens of thousands of students' academic lives were diminished. This was allowed by cowardly state legislatures and governors including...
Written by Gerard Hoefling Posted July 4, 2024 As we Americans navigate a difficult political landscape while gathering to celebrate the Fourth of July and the birth of our nation and Democracy, it may be useful to consider how our nation came into being. Such an...
Michael Sauers July 2, 2024 It appears that Trump's Supreme Court has come through for him. In a six to three ruling they have supplied him with broad immunity from prosecution. The Court ruled that regardless of evidence of criminal behavior, a president has immunity...
Written by Ginny Mazzei Posted June 15, 2024 Tuesday's (6-11-24) Press Enterprise carries a report about the proposal to invest in public education, HB 2370, that passed the Pennsylvania House on Monday. I say it is about time. I am over 65 and understand the...
Written by Gerard Hoefling June 13, 2023 I am writing in response to a recent Letter to the Editor in which the author expressed disdain for those who might compare former President Donald Trump with Adolph Hitler and instead argued a more accurate comparison would be...
Written by Robert Curry Posted by Michael Sauers June 3, 2024 Sometimes dreams are just too big for one person to carry. Those big dreams must be shared if they are to become a reality. The story of the Hazleton Integration Project (HIP) is one such dream. HIP became...
Written by Rodney Holt Posted by Mike Sauers June 2, 2024 I consider myself an old man. I was born in the 50's, became aware in the 60's and now, in the 2020's, I'm asking myself what did I miss. I don't understand! "The Methodists will not replace us"! "The...
Michael Sauers May 27, 2024 Dear Editor, I agree with the May 25, 2024 editorial entitled,"We Need Long-term Answers to Energy Needs", but not through the use of "fracking". The authors sound like oil and gas alarmists when they "cry wolf" as they bemoan the use of...
Karen Feridun May 24, 2024 Karen Feridun is the co-founder of Better Path Coalition and No False Solutions PA Coalition In an op-ed published in the May 16, 2024 edition of the Observer-Reporter, State Senator Camera Bartolotto tries and fails to talk around the...
Michael Sauers Posted May 19, 2024 The following is the testimony of Michael Sauers at the 2023 Climate Convergence Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Good Afternoon. My name is Michael Sauers. I stand before you as a retired person having spent my working life as...
Anonymous May 17, 2024 When the sun has slipped away and the dew is on the day, then the creature comes to call men malign the most of all. The little skunk is very neat with his sensitive, plush feet and a dainty, slim head set with diamonds on bands of jet. He walks...