Western Pennsylvania Politics People here are honest, hard working, no-nonsense folks. In order of priority they love the Steelers and football first, then everything else. Money and labor issues are big. Racial issues matter, but they aren’t as important as others make them (see below). And that was clear to me even before this New [...]
Punxsutawney I was driving through rural central Pennsylvania yesterday, on the way to my college homecoming in Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon University). For fun and for the sake of my kids, who love the movie Groundhog Day, I decided to stop in Punxsutawney. I was pleasantly surprised, along the way, at how many Obama signs I [...]
The title of David McCullough’s sold out lecture last night in the Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Public Library was “You Are What You Read.” The lecture, which was free to the public, was part of our local library’s Distinguished Lecture Series, made possible by the generous contributions of private donors. McCullough is exceptional, of course. [...]
People often ask me (i.e., my kids) why I always wear Nike or Converse basketball sneakers, and I explain that it’s because I like to promote the Black Fives brand that those two great companies have represented so well through their licensed Black Fives products. But … those aren’t the only brands I’ve ever worn [...]
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