I admit that I don’t watch Fox News, – I can’t take it and have even gone so far on a business trip as to check out of a hotel that constantly aired it in all of the common areas…. Continue Reading →
Back in the 70’s at Penn State, I had an English teacher by the name of Mrs. Smythe. I remember her for two reasons. Firstly, she could never get my last name right. It’s a relatively simple name with only… Continue Reading →
When it comes to politics, we are generally a purple people. The pendulum of elections swings in both directions and it is beginning to look like the trajectory has changed once again. It has always been important to realize that… Continue Reading →
Those of us who are old enough to be familiar with the quote “He Ain’t Heavy. He’s my Brother”, popularized in the late 1960s, may still be moved by it. At the time, I was familiar with the use of… Continue Reading →
The term Standard of Care has legal meaning in our society; we typically consider it in a medical context, but the term also applies more broadly. It refers to the duty of care that we have for one another and… Continue Reading →
**Originally published in the Lower Bucks Reader. Written by Kevin Deeny.** How We Voted We are a people with different concepts of where we are now and where we would like to be in the future. The election process in… Continue Reading →
“When I am ten, I will run fast and climb big trees.” -Noah, 2016 Some nights my wife and I help get our grandkids settled and into bed when our son-in-law works nights as an ER nurse. After teeth are… Continue Reading →
**This piece has been modified from the version previously published in the Levittown Leader.** Does anyone remember the Global 2000 Report? Perhaps you know of it by a different name – the Doomsday Report. Living in Levittown in the late… Continue Reading →
Everybody has their own sense about how the economy is working. I admit to being confused about the many talking head interpretations I hear on the news. The crazy up and down roller coaster stock market defies any logic I… Continue Reading →
*This piece by Kevin Deeny has been updated from its original publication in the Levittown Leader.* Levittown, Pennsylvania has always had an identity problem. It is as Dianne Harris notes in her book “The Second Suburb: Levittown, PA”, that our… Continue Reading →
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