Exactly who is ‘making the rest of the country miserable’?
J.D. Vance has been making headlines lately. I first encountered him in grad school when I read his book. No, I didn’t...
Angelkeep Journals: Angelkeep mid-summer rules
Angelkeep will soon be seeing school buses passing by the driveway without a stop. No need at this location. Plenty get onboard...
Kathy Tyson’s bold but ignored warnings
The story of 1963 Lancaster graduate Kathleen Tyson Heslop and her plunge into national politics was one of those that landed on...
Angelkeep Journals: Two-lined spittlebug
All facts about a two-lined spittlebug had been placed into eight sentences on Wikipedia. Two of those dealt strictly with a two-lined...
On media bias, with a side note on divine intervention
While there is no question in my mind that, generally speaking, national news outlets lean to the left, I don’t believe it’s...
Hundreds of calls and we appreciate them all
We knew we were in trouble Tuesday morning. The machine that makes our printing plates had stopped working.
Plates...
Angekeep Journals: Mourning dove-ing at eye level
Every time a mourning dove landed on the grass below the oil sunflower seed feeders looking for spilled seed, an earlier memory...
Dotting my i’s and crossing my t’s at the county fair
Spending time at the county fair each July has been something I have enjoyed doing since I first started working for The...
Angelkeep Journals: A post-4th political pedigree puzzlement
Reflecting on July 4th celebrations never included a question of “Should we grill,” but rather, “What shall we grill?” Something on the...
Swift’s life choices are fodder for attack. Don’t buy it.
I am not a Swiftie. I can’t name a single song by Taylor Swift besides “Shake it off.” But a recent Newsweek...