By Richard Robbins In his recent book "Long Journey Home," a largely loving tribute to his hometown, Jim Burger mentions an incident that took place during his youth at his family's place of worship - The Tree of Life Synagogue in Uniontown. It seems the tent erected at the synagogue to ...
Recently, the Somerset Chamber of Commerce recognized a friend of mine. For more than 50 years, G. Henry Cook, retired chair of Somerset Trust Company, has quietly shaped the soul of Somerset County. He’s done it not with ego, but through integrity, humility, and a committed belief that ...
Q. I used to love Thanksgiving. I love the food (well, not the cranberry sauce, but everything else), and I love my family getting together. Maybe I should say I LOVED my family getting together. Ever since last year’s elections, it’s like they hate each other. My mom won’t talk with her ...
By Richard Robbins An untold number of Americans woke early last week with a sinking feeling: A handful of Democratic senators had bolted to support a Republican bill reopening the government, minus the health care subsidies Democrats had been fighting to save. Donald Trump had won, Democrats ...
Primarily because I loved my work, my retirement plan involved a black zip-up bag. In other words, I never wanted to retire. I just wanted to clock out one last time and have someone else do all the paperwork. Unfortunately, my main client recently DOGE’d me, which takes us back to a much ...
By Richard Robbins On Friday evening before election day, while millions of Americans were losing federal food assistance and faced the prospect of going hungry, the president presided at a Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago, his lush Florida estate. Gatsby, the fictional ...
