Air traffic controllers have been having a rough time, and that doesn鈥檛 exactly make any of us feel calmer about flying. So, I thought I鈥檇 revisit a few of the memorable flight experiences we have survived over the past. Once, on a commuter plane from Philadelphia to Providence, R.I., I ...
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鈥檚 done it not with ego, but through integrity, humility, and a committed belief that ...
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鈥檇 me, which takes us back to a much ...
For 12 years, during the week, I worked out of an apartment in Pittsburgh. When COVID hit, I moved back home full time. The problem is I did not move back alone. Somewhere between the packing and the movers, a few stowaways hitched a ride. When I opened my closet this summer, two tiny, beige, ...
Trust in American institutions has been dissipating for over a half a century. Long before we had the COVID-19 arguments over masks, we already had Watergate, Vietnam, and Iran-Contra. Each of those made us wonder if the folks in charge knew what they were doing or were lying to our faces. For ...
It was a different time. In fact, the crazy fun we had in the 鈥�70s was like a spin-off from the fun sitcom 鈥淒elta House鈥� or the movie 鈥淎nimal House.鈥� Every Thursday night, we had a standing invitation from our friend Jim to go to Carl and Ethel鈥檚 basement. Jim didn鈥檛 live there ...
