Opinion
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Don’t Believe Everything You See: Media Literacy Is as Critical as Ever
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Happy anniversary, dear reader. My first column on these pages was published 10 years ago on July 1, 2014, and in the decade since then, I’ve covered many different topics, […]
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Acquired Tastes
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My wife’s sister was in town for a visit this past week and stayed at their mother’s apartment. We all got together as family a few times during that week, […]
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Hook: These Fast-Food Joints Should Open (or Expand) in Happy Valley
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One of the top local news headlines this past week was the possibility of Happy Valley getting an Arby’s fast-food restaurant again. It’s been almost 13 years since the Arby’s […]
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Yes Mow June
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Now that we’re all mowing our lawns again, I thought I’d dig up some fun and un-fun facts about the green carpets beneath our feet. Fun Fact No. 1: We […]
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Hook: Questions Remain About Penn State’s Beaver Stadium Renovation Decision
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“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore!” Actor Peter Finch’s character Howard Beale speaks that line in the movie “Network,” as he exhorts his […]
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Paterno: Penn Staters Deserve Better from Beaver Stadium Renovation Planning
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During a remotely held meeting on Tuesday, Penn State’s Board of Trustees were asked to vote on a proposed $700 million renovation that was, even to trustees being asked to […]
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Friends for Life
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Among the many positive benefits to participating in team sports, and perhaps the most underrated and longest lasting, are the lifelong friendships that are forged. Coaches constantly talk about the […]
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A Belated Convert to Robot Vacuums Enjoys the Fruits of Automated Labor
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Automation. The automatically controlled operation of an apparatus, process or system by mechanical or electronic devices that take the place of human labor. As humans we wake up every morning […]
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A Day of Reckoning Is Coming for College Sports
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As the federal court system continues its ongoing assault of the amateur model of college sports, the pace of change is staggering. One can’t help but know that a day […]
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Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Mindless Chants Have Got to Go
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Protests are messy affairs. They sprawl beyond the intentions of their organizers, attracting reformers and revolutionaries (and counterrevolutionaries); rebels with related and unrelated causes (I remember “Save the Whales” signs […]