Peeved by a post on Facebook saying, “Jesus is not part of the story of Christmas,” put there by a fellow classmate from seminary, I wondered if he was losing it until he added, “Christmas is part of the story of Jesus.” He wasn’t attacking Jesus at all, but making a brilliant point ...
An old English saying is “do not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.” One interpretation of the saying is do not harm or destroy the person that gives them their money, power or advantage.
New York State is known for its relatively high income tax rates on people who make a lot of ...
Major League Baseball adopted some significant rules changes this past season, the biggest by far being the introduction of a pitch clock—an electronic countdown limiting the time between pitches to 15 seconds with nobody on or 20 seconds with a runner on.
The changes were aimed at speeding ...
It’s undeniable that lead is a serious health concern in the United States with much of it originating from the millions of lead pipes carrying drinking water to users everywhere.
Many of us became significantly more in tune with the concern when national news coverage reported on the ...
Today’s Christmas column first ran in 2020:
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The course of history can change through what initially seems like ordinary events.
Chapter 2 of the Gospel of Luke tells the story of the birth of a child two millennia ago.
The birth of any child is wondrous. Yet this was an ...
There appears to be a market for rideshare scooters in Jamestown.
A recent report to the City Council showed 771 unique riders over a 58-day period starting in September traveling some 6,000 miles. The city will receive 20% of the proceeds from each ride while Bird Bikeshare, the company ...