Katie Brady Conrad in the backyard of our ancestral home in Lilly, Pa. in the 1930s In 1880, at the age of eight, little Katie Brady from...

Repost: A tremendous community success story: Lilly Grade School Basketball Tournament: Recollections and a little history from my years,...

… the SAT is valuable for a number of reasons During the Covid pandemic, many universities and college decided to forgo use of the...

President rankings even by professional historians and political scientists are often said to be subjective. However, when they are done...

… “The Book Thief” reigns in America One of the joys of my young life was reading books that my parents provided to me or that I found in...

Alaska … Seward’s "Folly" was hardly accurate I first learned about the life and career of William Seward when I read Gore Vidal’s epic...

… young people more at risk The number of deaths from cancer has declined by about 33 percent since 1994, which is positive. However,...

Will Jim Harbaugh jump to the NFL to avoid "the stain"? … if the Wolverines win, Michigan may have to return its trophy like USC did for...

Not Lilly, Pa., but it is close to the 1950s -- except for the backpacks … just walking to school was a joy for us as kids This may be...

… back to the 60s The Portage Historical Society does a great job of promoting the history of Portage Borough, Portage Township, and...

… should more schools do this? Something occurred in 1999 that forced parents to start buying cell phones for their children. It was...

Mason will not be selling real estate next year … Steelers “had not scored 30 points in a game until Rudolph’s first start” Sometimes,...

Their story deserves to be told -- and read … exactly what is the role of literature? Often, when we read stories, they may offend us in...

... May 2024 be a great one! My last night at Waikiki was Dec. 29, but I had no idea that the New Year's Eve celebration started on...

St. Brigid's Catholic Church in our youth. The music that I learned first by playing the piano in the convent at St. Brigid’s parish in...

Dan Rooney signs on to become ambassador to Ireland … Loss of character and integrity started in 2007, an inexorable decline To...

Why is Eleanor Roosevelt ranked number 1 by historians? … Siena College study by experts ranks the best With the passing of Rosalyn...

Our last Thanksgiving Day photo in the Baltimore/D.C. area My recollection of Thanksgiving Day in 1963, starts with the weather: It was...

“More Balm Than Song” Like so many of my generation, the large one known as Boomers that is rapidly passing from this earth, I can...

RIP Mickey Arnold 1947-2023 -- obituary photo … just wanted to help others, like “others helped me” One of the joys of childhood for me...