Columns
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Rich Lorenzo Looks Down College Sports’ NIL Path and Wonders When the Money Will Fail
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What in the world is going on with college sports? That’s a question I ask myself many times each week, and I’m certainly not the only one. About two weeks ago, Maryland football coach Mike Locksley noted that he struggles to find time for actual coaching since he must give so much attention to recruiting…
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To Convert, or Not to Convert to Roth IRA: Tax Is the Question
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When planning for retirement, it has long been known that taxation is one of many associated mazes. Like the labyrinth of legend, tax law constantly changes with time and often seems purpose-built to instill confusion. The question on many recent and future retirees’ minds is whether to pay taxes now or pay them later. The…
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Family Caregiving Is a Noble Responsibility
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Here’s a bit of old news. Old in three ways as a matter of fact. First, that it relates to the decade that ended four years ago. Second, that it was initially published nine months ago when the census data for that decade was released. And third, that it concerns those of us who are…
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At This Critical Time, We Must Choose Humanity over Intolerance
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Outside my window snow is falling peacefully, while elsewhere in the world falling bombs deliver payloads of destruction. And yet the forces of division that have driven men to bomb one another in foreign lands are not so far from our own shores. Throughout American history we find ourselves arriving at inflection points requiring renewal…
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Preliminary Report of the Pennsylvania Name Commission
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It’s true. A blue-ribbon commission has been meeting behind closed doors to rename the Keystone State. I know this because They, the chair of the commission, asked me to be one of the nominators.
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James Franklin’s 10 Tenets of the Transfer Portal and Why They Worked with Julian Fleming
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When the transfer portal opened this past college football offseason, James Franklin & Co. brought in a core group of five players to fill some holes on the Nittany Lions’ 2024 roster: Ohio State wide receiver Julian Fleming, Wisconsin offensive lineman Nolan Rucci, Georgia cornerback A.J. Harris, Florida cornerback Jalen Kimber and Tulsa place-kicker Chase…
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Déjà Vu All Over Again, Again
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On Feb. 1-4, I had the chance to relive a very important part of my youth and time as a young adult, when softball was an integral part of life in the Battista household. We traveled to all parts of Pittsburgh and throughout Western Pennsylvania and surrounding states playing “travel” baseball and softball. Tournament play…
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Sue Paterno Shares Memories of Joe as Her Double Holiday Approaches
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It’s been a bit more than 12 years since the love of her life, Joseph Vincent Paterno, passed away. But even so, nothing seems to have changed in the heart of Sue Paterno. The former Suzanne Pohland remains resolute in her love for Joe, her love for their five children and 17 grandchildren and her…
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‘He Reminds Me of the Story of Job.’ Former Penn State Linebacker Terry Killens’ Journey to Super Bowl Referee
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The road from Mason, Ohio to Las Vegas — with a stop at Penn State along the way — to become the first man to play in and then referee in the Super Bowl has not been an easy one for Terry Killens. No member of the Penn State family knows that more than former Penn…
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Hook: How to Solve Happy Valley’s Eminent Domain Problems
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Eminent domain is not a happy phrase. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, eminent domain is “a right of a government to take private property for public use by virtue of the superior dominion of the sovereign power over all lands within its jurisdiction.” In other words, your land is not your land if the government…