Under my hat

Brisk walking is my favorite form of exercise.

The calendar says spring is here. It's time to leave behind the winter of my discontent.

And what a long one it's been.

Lately I've been involved in discussions about the truth.

And that's a good thing, because it's one of my favorite topics.

My best friend since grade school passed away.

Murder is obvious proof of moral deficiency, a basic evil of human nature.

Senseless murder is most savage of all.

Last year, the Patriot-News, a daily newspaper in Harrisburg, switched to a limited print schedule.

The government is forcing us to live with a dim bulb.

If topics of race, religion and crime provide news media with top stories in a typical year, then 2013 was a typical year.

Yolanda Burroughs-Vestal wrote a sincere letter addressed to President Obama.

Sometimes a thought really hits home.

Last week, my friend Pat Eisenberg sent me a social media message via Facebook.

Sometimes we see things we wish we could un-see.

Several days ago, somebody broke into a Tamaqua church and ransacked it.

Our emotions are raw after the area was rocked by a high profile suicide last week.