There are some people who you can watch play and know right away they are true hall of famers. Consider, for example, some of the greats that many of us have cheered in Pittsburgh. Watching Roberto Clemente, for instance, always was a magical experience. You could sense his greatness as a ...
Life is getting busy now, with Christmas just a few days away. Activities are starting to pick up, ranging from shopping to baking to family get-togethers and other events that consume so much of our thoughts and time. Please don’t let the hustle and bustle become overwhelming and ...
To the editor: A recent guest column in the Herald-Star caught my attention (“Vaccines don’t cause autism — here’s how we know,” Dec. 7.) The author proclaimed that vaccines do not cause autism. I decided to find out more about the author as his biography only mentioned that he ...
To the editor: One thing that each one of us can be thankful for is that we are here, that we have been created for this time. One estimate of the total number of people in the history of the world is 100 billion. Out of those 100 billion, do you know how many were exactly like you? Zero. ...
I’ve been on this planet, barreling around the sun for nearly six decades. My people, the so-called Generation-X, were the last to experience the low-tech, analog world, and the first to experience the explosion of digital technology and its pervasive encroachment on everyday life. As a ...
There is something about the soft, steady glow of a Christmas tree. Have you ever taken the time to notice? Christmas trees can tell a story all their own. No matter what city, what town you may live in, if you were to walk past the windows of each and every home on any given block, you ...