Category Perspectives on Today’s Issues

When growing up, and even as adults, most of us have often been told that life isn’t fair. All of us eventually are on the unfair end of actions and decisions by others. Seems to me, however, that the amount…

For decades, starting in my teens and through most of my adult life, I never, ever missed The Academy Awards show on TV. From the first Red Carpet interview to the last award, no matter how much over the scheduled…

At times in our lives we need to deal with adversity. It’s part of life. How we deal with it is what determines the long-term and sometimes life-changing way it will impact us. I just re-read the book “A Gentleman…

It really is different being a kid right now than in previous generations. My grandson turned five on New Year’s Eve and it makes me think about what’s ahead for him in his life. He’s still so innocent. But there…

One of the scariest things happening this month of Halloween is the censorship of books. When a group of people join together for the purpose of banning books because they don’t agree with or approve of the content, we should…

The headline of an article published in Pittsburgh Magazine posed the question “Can Pittsburgh Save The Planet?” That’s because from September 21-23 thousands of researchers, business leaders and politicians from more than 30 countries were in Pittsburgh to attend the…

Possibly the second most iconic line from the 1967 movie The Graduate, is at Benjamin’s graduation party when his neighbor, Mr. McGuire, takes him aside and says, “Benjamin, there’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think…

I bought my first hybrid car in 2006. A black Toyota Prius. Since then every car I’ve owned has been a hybrid. The Ford Escape Hybrid is my current car. I love hybrid cars and wouldn’t drive anything else, and…

In 1814, after the British bombardment failed at Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key was so inspired by the sight of the American Flag still flying in the early morning, that he wrote the poem Defense of Fort McHenry. Within a…

I can’t imagine what life is like for the millions of people who live in Ukraine. As I write this, the once beautiful seaport city of Mariupol has fallen to Russia. And Russia plans to execute the 260 Ukrainian soldiers…