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With the night time temperatures in the teens — single digits come Friday — let us bring you the story of cozy Whittier Alaska where all live together. That’s right, almost all 177 residents live in the same building according to the below PBS report, which also includes the school, gymnasium, municipal offices, post office, and grocery store.
One never has to go out on cold nights.
A particular person I know — hi Mom — has cancelled her subscription to the Delaware County Daily Times that she had for at least 40 years.
Was it because of some editorial or news story she didn’t like?
No. It was because of billing dispute involving new rates and missed deliveries.
Joe Grace would never have let that happen.
Once upon a time newspapers bent over backwards for subscribers.
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A comment by Pope Francis reported by the Latin Post regarding Hispanic immigration to the United States has riled conservatives.
“To enter the U.S. from the Mexico border would be a beautiful sign of brotherhood and help for immigrants” Francis reportedly said 
with regard to whether he will include a trip to Mexico when he visits the U.S. in September.
We like Francis although he seems to speak more from the heart than the head. Perhaps that’s what popes should do.
We, however, will speak from the head. In the spirit of compassion, the first thing to consider is why those who choose to emigrate –legally or otherwise — so choose.
Mexico, after all, has resources and climate and sun — better than where many Mexicans immigrants wind up in the U.S.
So whatever can be the reason for the emigration? Could it be the corruption, the greed and the oppression of the Mexican government? Wouldn’t a better sign of brotherhood and help be addressing those issues, Your Holiness, rather than implying the United States is somehow to blame for trying to maintain a semblance of public order.
Just sayin’.
Call it a guilty pleasure but we got for Christmas a Star Trek book by best-selling Chester County author Greg Cox that was quite a pleasure.
The book, “Foul Deeds Will Rise,” involves the franchise’s original line up (Kirk, Spock, McCoy etc.)
The plot concerns the Federation via The Enterprise mediating a peace treaty between two warring planets and features Leonore Karidian –an old love and nemesis of Captain Kirk — as the wrinkle.
The story would have made an excellent episode in the original series. Kudos Greg Cox.
Greg lives in Oxford and is officially a New York Times bestselling author. He was Richard Matheson’s last editor.
Fran Coppock sent us a link to this article by Maureen Scott who was born in Pittsburgh and began writing political commentary after she retired to Richmond, Va. in 2000.
This excerpt below is called The Architect of Destruction and was written in October 2012.
By Maureen Scott
Obama appears to be a tormented man who is filled with resentment, anger, and disdain for anyone of an opinion or view other than his. He acts in the most hateful, spiteful, malevolent, vindictive ways in order to manipulate and maintain power and control over others. Perhaps because, as a child, he grew up around family members and mentors who instilled him with an abiding bitterness toward the U.S. That bitterness seems not to have left him.
It is not the color of his skin that is a problem – for anyone in America. Rather it is the blackness that fills his soul and the hollowness in his heart where there should be abiding pride and love for this country.
Think: Have we ever heard Obama speak lovingly of the U.S. or its people, with deep appreciation and genuine respect for our history, our customs, our sufferings and our blessings? Has he ever revealed that, like most patriotic Americans, he gets “goose bumps” when a band plays “The Star Spangled Banner,” or sheds a tear when he hears a beautiful rendition of “America the Beautiful?” Does his heart burst with pride when millions of American flags wave on a National holiday – or is he moved to sadness and reflection when someone plays “taps” on a trumpet? Has he ever felt the depth of our admiration of the military, as lovers of those who keep America free feel when soldiers march by? It is doubtful – because Obama did not grow up sharing our experiences or our values. He did not sit at the knee of a grandfather or uncle who showed his medals and told of the bravery of his fellow troops as they fought and tramped through foreign lands sacrificing for a cause greater than their own lives. He didn’t have grandparents who told stories of suffering and then coming to America, penniless, and the opportunities they had for building a business and life for their children.