You would think that after being married for 50 years, I would be getting accustomed to weddings. But, this summer has been special—a granddaughter, a nephew and daughter of a good friend are all getting (or have gotten) married. There seem to have been a lot of weddings this year. I ...

On behalf of everyone at The Resource Center and Filling the Gap, Inc., we want to thank those who helped make our 26th annual Laurel Memorial Run & Walk a success. There were so many people and businesses who contributed to the success of this year’s event that we can’t list them ...

Chautauqua Institution let its guard down. The security in place at the time made Salman Rushdie a soft target. It appeared to mirror the “Re-imagine the Police” movement in crime-riddled major cities. It was like a microcosm of our nation’s unsecured border policy. In addition ...

DENVER ­­— Colorado has thrice lost – in the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit – First Amendment challenges to state law regulating political speech. Nevertheless, such Colorado law still violates the First Amendment. Enter the Colorado Union of Taxpayers, or ...

I began this column-writing gig back in 1963. My first newspaper opinion column (as opposed to news or sports stories) was a roundup of Presque Isle and Erie area lake fishing for the Erie Daily Times. As a college kid, I was low person on the sports department seniority totem pole and I knew ...

It was something we thought could never happen at Chautauqua—a speaker being attacked on the stage just prior to a lecture by a person with a knife. But, it happened and now we must live with its fall-out. My first reaction was outrage. How could anyone do this? But then, with all of ...