It’s Snow Joke
The first snowfall isn’t magical; it’s a mess and always has been. Clean roads turn grimy overnight, coated with cinder, ash and salt that seemingly sticks around until April.
Greg Maresca
The Highway’s Hidden Hazards
America’s highways, already a patchwork of potholes and billboards, face a deeper crisis in illegal drivers. This made headlines before quickly vanishing from the mainstream news’ cycle after a series of deadly crashes involving tractor-trailers.
Penny for Your Thoughts
The curtain fell quietly on a 232-year tradition as the U.S. Mint struck the last penny this month in Philadelphia. This ended one of the longest runs in American history. For years the penny had become a costly relic and was more nostalgic than useful and too expensive to mint.
The $40 Million Mulligan
Virginia Tech made headlines by hiring James Franklin as its next football coach because nothing screams “fresh start” like picking up a guy who was fired just over a month ago.
The Dukes’ Dark Horse; Chesney: The right stuff for PSU
In the spring of 1966, Penn State didn’t just hire a football coach, they rolled the dice on destiny. The university handed the keys to its storied program to a longtime assistant with no head coaching experience but was a gritty Brooklyn Ivy Leaguer.
The Anti-Wealth Manifesto
Twenty-four years after 9/11, New York City elected a 34-year-old whose biography reads like a Marxist coming-of-age novel with a Brooklyn rewrite. Zohran Mamdani, Muslim, activist, and self-described democrat-socialist, will become mayor January 1, 2026
A Defining Search
Despite a positive 12-year run at Penn State, James Franklin ultimately fell short of delivering what defines college football’s elite – a national championship. The chants of “fire Franklin” that echoed throughout Beaver Stadium grew louder as the young season progressed.
Never and somehow again
When dealing with an all-volunteer force, retention will always be an issue especially when civilian society is competing for the same talent.
Fourth and Funded; The business of buyouts
Through week ten of the college football season, the ledger on what universities owe their former coaches in buyouts was nearly $185 million. It all commenced in week three when Virginia Tech decided to fire head coach Brent Pry who was owed a buyout of $6 million.
Dreaming Dictators
At a massive military parade in Beijing China’s Tiananmen Square that commemorated the 80th anniversary of the victory in World War II over the Japanese, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China were recorded discussing the prospect of medical longevity and even immortality.
Off the radar; The real genocide is not taking place in Gaza, but in Nigeria
In the longstanding and brutal ledger of religious persecution, Nigeria now occupies its own grim chapter with its enduring pogrom against Christians. Nigeria is the largest populated nation on the African continent and has become the crucible of suffering for its Christian minority.
Truth & Treason
Truth & Treason premiers on the big screen and deserves your undivided attention and will reward you with more than you expect.
James Franklin’s contract fallout
Penn State’s decision to fire head coach James Franklin came the day after a disappointing 22–21 home loss to Northwestern, which extended their losing streak to three games that included defeats to winless UCLA and No. 5 Oregon.
NCAA streamlines transfer portal Nothing says stability like a moving target
In its ongoing quest to make college football feel less like a game of musical chairs and more like a tightly choreographed bureaucratic ballet, the NCAA lords of the Division I Administrative Committee have unveiled a fresh batch of transfer portal reforms. Last week, the committee officially voted to eliminate the spring transfer window for …
A Self-Inflicted Wound
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, New York City became a symbol of American resilience, unity, and patriotism. Over the past two decades, however, the city has undergone significant demographic and ideological changes. Leftist activism, illegal immigration, and a generational turnover have taken a hard bite out of the Big Apple’s core political landscape especially among younger voters.
A Portal Timeout
The NCAA has taken a bold step to rein in what many have called “unrestricted free agency” throughout college football. The Division I Administrative Committee has voted to eliminate the spring transfer portal window,
Scheduling collides with legacy
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has become college football’s latest exercise in gridiron gerrymandering. The ACC’s footprint now sprawls from Boston and Miami all the way to Salt Lake City and the San Francisco Bay, defying both geography and its own name.
The Paradoxical Patriot; The political odyssey of Frank S. Meyer
President Harry Truman famously said, “The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.”
Nicaea’s Echo: The Creed
Anniversaries recall pivotal times. One anniversary that gotten little notice, was the 1700-year observance of the Council of Nicaea and its resulting Nicene Creed that not only advanced Christianity but cultivated the foundation of Western Civilization.
Grit over glamor; The tranquil excellence of D-III college football
Over 32 years, I covered the collegiate gridiron gospel from State College to Bloomsburg to Bucknell. Not once did I find myself in Selinsgrove taking in a Susquehanna University football game. That changed this past Saturday and let’s just say the differences weren’t subtle.