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When I became a physician more than 20 years ago, one of the first things I worked on was how to address unremitting, severe migraines. Since then, I’ve spent much of my energy helping to create …

The cost of saving a life

Would you do anything to save a loved one? Sharon White would for her son, Lloyd. Lloyd was struggling with an addiction, so she got naloxone in case he overdosed. Opioid reversal medication such as …

The modern U.S. economy is service oriented. The rusting hulks of once-thundering factories are the only witnesses to the days gone by of this country’s industrial past. These days, with the …

Both flash floods from rain and the rising Delaware River have caused hundreds of small floods and dozens of historic floods in Lambertville’s past, with the worst, most recent Hurricane Ida floods …

No one should battle cancer alone

On a hot July evening in 2016, I went to a nearby emergency room because I was experiencing discomfort in my chest. Hours later, I was told that I had thymic carcinoma, a cancer affecting a small …

Stranded without a poop bag

The benefits of dog ownership are endless and can be both mental and physical. They’re there when you need them most — and when it’s finally your turn to speak up during the conference call …

It has been a very scary autumn to be a Jewish person in our nation, and in our Bucks County community. According to preliminary data from the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, the …

The threat is real: Reauthorize FISA Section 702

With the terrorist threat to our homeland at the highest it has been in over a decade, the question of whether to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is quite …

Central Bucks can cut energy use, save money

Global climate change is a serious threat, and many communities in Central Bucks are developing plans for local climate action. As a large energy consumer and the third largest district in …

Last February, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court declared that our system for funding public schools, grades K-12, is actually unconstitutional; it deprives children living in poor communities …

On Nov. 22, 1963, I was just 20 years old and had not been old enough to vote for John F. Kennedy in 1960. Our mother was a staunch Republican, so his name was rarely mentioned with much …

I’ve never been much of a statistics guy, but this one is haunting. In 2021 alone, 5,449 Pennsylvanians died of unintentional overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and …

Mr. Russell goes to Pennridge

In that movie classic, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Jimmy Stewart’s character goes to our nation’s capital with bright-eyed notions of what it means to serve as a U.S. Senator. Unfortunately, his idealism is quickly …

In 1954, the civic leaders of Pennsbury School District laid the cornerstone for what would become, through five decades of expansion and renovation, the Pennsbury West High School. They could not …

1. The League of Women Voters is an outgrowth of the Suffrage Movement. First proposed in Congress in 1878, the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote, was passed in 1919 and ratified in …

Loser in a room full of winners

I was in a huge ballroom with so many friends, allies and candidates from all over Bucks County — Steve Santarsiero, Bob Harvie, Diane Marseglia, every Central Bucks School Board candidate on the …

To the esteemed members of the Nockamixon Environmental Advisory Committee and to the residents of Nockamixon Township:It is with great pleasure and admiration that we, at Well Manager LLC, commend …

Parents are often hailed as a child’s first teacher, and rightfully so. However, it is important to recognize that they are not the only ones responsible for a child’s education and …

Among the many blessings in my life is the opportunity to serve the good people of Bucks County. As a county prosecutor from the late 1980s until 2010, I worked hard to protect our families and our …

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