Up and down Langhorne-Newtown Road (Durham Road, Route 413), back and forth, over and over again. That’s the road I traveled when I lived in Langhorne Borough. Besides a couple of residential …
On June 4 a lifetime ago, the Battle of Midway turned the tide in the Pacific. On June 6 two years later, the D-Day landing in Normandy was the death knell for fascism. Through a combination …
Klutzy I am; I lose or forget things, but worst is dropping or sitting on my eyeglasses since they are imperative for me. I was a frequent customer for local Optometrists in Chestnut Hill, my …
Chatterbox often uses diversion to ignore the elephant in the room, but when the elephant started eating people, we’ve discussed the essentials. We’ve also discussed too much of America’s …
On May 4, Bucks County Opportunity Council (BCOC) was honored by the Bucks County Commissioners with a proclamation to celebrate Community Action Month in Bucks County. Community Action emerged from …
In 2008 the Supreme Court, in a decision written by Antonin Scalia ruled that U.S. citizens have the right to keep firearms in the home for self defense. The decision pointedly said, however, that …
There is a political narrative being espoused by conservative politicians this election cycle which is “Pro-Life and Pro-Gun.” It is my contention that one cannot be both. This message is …
Jeff Finegan and I share a family name and a love of history but we are not related. He does, however, have a longstanding literary relationship with George Washington. He’s the author of the “I …
November’s general election in America will be a referendum on gun control. All members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the senators will be on ballots throughout the …
My favorite theater was The County Theater for decades, the only theater I went to. It showed off-beat films that ordinary theaters wouldn’t, independent films and new films. Famously, it routinely …
Last week, in the Primary Election (May 17), some Pennsylvanians decided who would be on the ballot this November for Governor, for U.S. Senator, and for many other legislative positions. Some …
Labor Day and Memorial Day are two big summer holidays; one starts the official summer season and the other closes it out. Many people don’t know what Labor Day is about. It was claimed as a day …
When I talked to Lynne Anne Donchez, she was shampooing her sister’s hair – no surprise for the former owner of LAD & Co. Hairdressing of Distinction. She started the company in 1982 on East …
SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 kills over a million in the US, avian influenza H5N1 (aka Bird Flu) is responsible for tens of millions of poultry sacrificed to avoid further agricultural devastation …
Last weekend (May 14) a gunman shot and killed 10 people, all of them Black, and wounded several others at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y. A violent screed attributed to the suspect, who is white, …
They traded jokes and compliments. They shared memories. They were as polite to one another as they could be. And mostly, they found themselves in agreement on many of the issues facing Americans …
The faces of white supremacists advocating Replacement Theory are not limited to 18-year-olds (Buffalo, N.Y.). A Doylestown Township supervisor was seen distributing a flyer last October in a …
The CDC lists Pennsylvania as a “High Incidence” state for Lyme disease, which is spread by the bite of infected blacklegged ticks. It can cause skin rash, fever, fatigue, and headaches …
One sure way to perpetuate poverty, high welfare costs and high crime rates in this country, is to make sure single women can’t get abortions. Then there will be a plentiful supply of single …
I grew up in a small town in Northern New Jersey, about 12 miles west of New York City. We lived on a busy main thoroughfare, frequented by cars, trucks and the #40 bus headed to Penn Station. I …
