Letter: Time to ban electric scooters
To The Editor,
If the Legislature does not ban electric scooters from Pennsylvania’s roads many children will be maimed and killed.
Misinformed politicians and bureaucrats think that electric scooters are a viable means of transportation. Nothing could be further from the truth. There are no “rules of the road” for scooters, and no infrastructure for them.
Electric scooters are toys,...
Op/Ed: Bleeding on the Page — The Lost Art of Listening
Engagement with music on an emotional level is dying out, and we will all reap the consequences.
By Jason Bauer, Special to The Times
Jason Bauer
The first time I heard Six Years Wiser by Harrison Boe, the hair on the back of my neck stood straighter than the guards at Buckingham Palace. I played it dozens of times consecutively until I could sing every word backwards in my sleep. I didn’t just...
Op/Ed: Bleeding on the Page — The Lost Art of Listening
Engagement with music on an emotional level is dying out, and we will all reap the consequences.
By Jason Bauer, Special to The Times
Jason Bauer
The first time I heard Six Years Wiser by Harrison Boe, the hair on the back of my neck stood straighter than the guards at Buckingham Palace. I played it dozens of times consecutively until I could sing every word backwards in my sleep. I didn’t just...
Op/Ed: The Declaration of Independence — Proof of Our National Identity
By Christopher P. Gerber, Esquire
Christopher P. Gerber
America is 249 years young. On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress separated from Great Britain by approving a Resolution proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, declaring “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown,...
‘No Kings’ protests show that Americans will stand up for the Constitution
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgann.bsky.social
It was the ultimate split screen moment that is now so telling about the state of American politics: a parade in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army on one screen. Millions of Americans participating in the “No Kings” protest, peacefully, on another. And a third featuring a manhunt for a man alleged to...
Op/Ed: Putting patients first — the value of a physician-led health care team
By Heather Beauparlant, DO, MBA, FAAFP, President of the Pennsylvania Academy of Family Physicians
Heather Beauparlant, DO, MBA, FAAFP
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, two fundamental principles should always guide our decisions: do no harm and put patients’ interests first.
As a family physician, I have worked alongside skilled nurse practitioners (NPs) throughout my career, and...
Trump tariff plan is nothing short of insane
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgann.bsky.social
I may not have been the best college student, but I managed to attend enough classes to learn about the negative economic impact of tariffs in the 1890s and 1930s — the tariffs and the resulting freeze to world trade tanked the economy in both eras causing a depression.
Despite President Donald Trump claiming the the 1890s were a “golden...
Letter: Throwaway clothing culture is bad for the environment
To The Editor,
That $5 t-shirt might be costing the planet a whole lot more.
The introduction of micro trends into the fashion industry has changed the way we produce and buy clothing. Clothing manufacturers are keeping up with consumer demands for these low-priced articles of clothing, but at what cost? Throwaway clothing culture has become a huge player in climate change from overflowing landfills,...
Trump, Musk aren’t reforming government, they’re looting it
By Mike McGann, Editor The Times @mikemcgann.bsky.social
Maybe you saw the headlines: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided a number of Chester County agricultural facilities recently and appears to have taken some workers into custody, setting up the potential for local chaos and spoiled crops in the coming weeks.
Random, nonsensical firings have occurred across the federal government...
Pay attention: we’re in uncharted territory
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times @mikemcgann.bsky.social
It is becoming clear what a bizarre time we find ourselves living in: an unelected billionaire rooting through much of our private data for no particular reason, ICE (and fake ICE) agents roaming the Chester County looking for undocumented aliens and just a general state of chaos and Constitution-busting.
In a few short weeks, the United...
