The incomparable Sidney Poitier departed this Earth last week, and it’s virtually impossible to detail the impact he had on both the film world and society in general. When Poitier was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 2002 annual Academy Awards for his monumental contributions to the film industry, he reveled in such an honor […]

In this time where polarized viewpoints rule the day and deter the advancement of much-needed legislation, the newly configured Brunswick Town Council functioned like a well-oiled machine on Jan. 6. Taking up the motion to approve a temporary mask mandate for indoor public spaces, councilors weighed in thoughtfully, expressed the evolution of their thinking and […]

Build Back Better, the centerpiece of President Biden’s ambitious domestic legislative agenda, has become Build Back Later…maybe. What was to have been the administration’s history-making signature accomplishment – a $1.75 trillion expansion of existing social welfare programs and the creation of new entitlements – now lies in ruins and the odds of its resurrection are […]

Get your mask, get your vaccine, get your freedom back So we are two years into a pandemic and we still have individuals who apparently are just incapable of understanding what is going on, no matter what. An example of that was a recent letter to the editor titled “Brunswick council should reject mask mandate.” […]

On Jan. 6, 2021, Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle was at his desk at the Longworth House Office Building, near the U.S. Capitol, when he heard an enraged mob, fueled by a former president’s false claims of fraud, making its way up Independence Avenue. Boyle and other Pennsylvania lawmakers had been asked by House Speaker Nancy […]