Editorial: We are all richer because of H.F. 'Gerry' Lenfest
Most of us spend our lives trying desperately to acquire wealth and possessions.Some of us are more successful at it than others.Not many of us then consider giving it all away.Most of us are not H.F....
View ArticleCHRISTINE FLOWERS: A mother's love never passes away
It will be four years this Tuesday that my mother died. I used to say "passed away," because it didn't have the harsher finality of "died." To me, it was more as if she had simply transitioned to...
View ArticleChris Freind: Is Urban Meyer the latest victim of witch hunt?
Let's get something straight.This author can't stand Ohio State. First, there is the unmerited arrogance of referring to itself as "The" Ohio State University. In reality, that moniker is borne of...
View ArticleMARC THIESSEN: Democrats have their own foreign espionage problem
Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their senate staff. Think it would cause a political firestorm? Well, this...
View ArticleEditorial: Fair funding for schools mired in mud-slinging
The residents of the William Penn School District are not going away.In fact, they were back in court this week, volleying with state officials in their long battle to get something they are supposed...
View ArticleColumn: Fear is a four-letter word
At the church where I have had the privilege of serving for over 38 years, we have a "thing" for four letter words, and it's not what you think! The four letter words we have focused on in recent years...
View ArticleEditorial: Coming together with focus on what unites us
Eric Townes is old school.Like many of us, he remembers the way his home town, Media, used to be. The town where he grew up.Specifically, Townes remembers a time when kids weren't really alone, when...
View ArticleEditorial: President Trump, we are not the enemy of the people
On May 30, 1783, the Pennsylvania Evening Post and Daily Advertiser published its first daily edition, becoming the first daily newspaper not only in Pennsylvania, but in our young nation.Today, more...
View ArticleEditorial: Bless me father, for I have sinned
Same church, different pews.Back in 2005, the Philadelphia Archdiocese - and in fact the entire Catholic church - was rocked to its core by a grand jury report issued by then Philadelphia District...
View ArticleChris Freind: Fired for being gay at Catholic school? Check the contract
Teacher employed by Catholic school. Teacher's contract stipulates gay marriage is cause for termination.Teacher discovered to be in gay marriage. Teacher gets fired.Teacher, incomprehensibly, is...
View ArticleColumn: Stay awake, be filled with grace
How awake are you? It's a worthwhile question in the dog days of August when lazy days fill our time and slumber drips as easily as a melting ice cream cone. Yes, how awake are we?In spite of being...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Lower Salford residents oppose high-density housing
I write in response to Bob Keeler's article published on August 3 titled, "Hearing begins on rezoning request." I was in attendance at that hearing in Lower Salford Township(LST). At issue are rezoning...
View ArticleGUEST COLUMN: Be vigilant against child abuse, even in the church
Although the grand jury report's findings have been speculated upon for months, the details it reveals of systemic and widespread sexual abuse of children by priests - and the cover-up of that abuse -...
View ArticleEditorial: Law must change on statute of limitations for church abuse
It is deja vu all over again for Pennsylvania Catholics.First it was the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. That was in 2005.Then it was Altoona-Johnstown.The story was always the same: Priests abusing...
View ArticleEditorial: Pope Francis has spoken; now he must act
We heard from the grand jury. And it was horrific.Again.The grand jury had heard from the victims. And their pain was palpable.Again.We heard from the bishops, vowing to make changes and pledging to...
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