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- Facing a parent trap
- It's late. You're returning from a family gathering, and your little ones have fallen asleep in the back seat. You're out of bread and milk. So, you stop at the convenience store and leave the kids snoozing while you run in and buy.
- Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:00:33 PDT
- Lessons for 'Labor Sunday'
- The first Labor Day was celebrated in September 1882 in New York. It evolved nationally into public parades to display "the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and labor organizations' of the community, followed by a festival for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families."
- Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:00:55 PDT
- So long, summer, sandcastles
- It was a fine summer sandcastle, a simple but sturdy square with turrets and thick walls and an arched gate with a moat and a cardboard drawbridge.
- Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:50:18 PDT
- The Tarot encounter
- I don't believe in the power of crystal balls or prognostications gleaned from tea leaves or horoscopes. The alignment of stars has as much power over destiny as an ant over a linebacker.
- Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:11:28 PDT
- Legend of the loot
- A murky night, a dark shore with darker figures carrying shovels and guns gathered beneath an enormous black walnut tree near Wood Street on the Burlington City waterfront. They were burying pirate loot - silver and gold.
- Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:40:53 PDT
- Castillo Abuelita
- It was a fine summer sandcastle, a simple but sturdy square with turrets and thick walls and an arched gate with a moat and a cardboard drawbridge. "Ah - Castillo Grande de Wildwood," I said.
- Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:06:28 PDT
- Stressed-out callers ought to dial it back
- Oh, the stress of the times is thick. The phone calls bristle with angst, suspicion and visions.
- Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:50:07 PDT
- Different homecomings, then and now
- The last American combat brigade has left Iraq, and while the future of that shattered nation is uncertain, it's a good bet that the 14,000 returning troops will be warmly embraced unlike, say, the men who returned from Vietnam.
- Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:31:05 PDT
- Hitting the century mark
- Florence Wise approaches in her wheelchair. She is radiant and smiling on the eve of her 100th birthday Monday.
- Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:07:56 PDT
- Spirits in the night
- The Battle of Mount Holly was a minor skirmish in the American Revolution, but the bloody battle on High Street haunts the town in the spectral figure of a Hessian soldier whose presence remains.
- Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:30:40 PDT
- Stressful times
- Oh, the stress of the times is thick. The phone calls bristle with angst, suspicion and visions +
- Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:06:44 PDT
- The Lingenfelter factor
- Forget tea partiers, MoveOn.org, fed up voters or Barack Obama. The force most likely to determine the outcome of the congressional race in Bucks County is Tom Lingenfelter.
- Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:24:59 PDT
- 'Momzillas' weigh in
- Not one bride called. But their mothers did, and they had a lot to say. Mostly about me.
- Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:00:08 PDT
- Separate beds or vacations?
- It was about 15 years ago, and a buddy and I were discussing a mutual acquaintance who had it all. Good wife. Good job. Nice house with a big yard and lantern-lit summer parties by a glowing pool.
- Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:09:34 PDT
- Timbuctoo speaks, but what's it saying?
- In an obscure, serene corner of Westampton, the vanished village of Timbuctoo speaks. Archeologist David Orr said he hears its voice.
- Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:44:00 PDT
- The revolution rolls on in Bucks
- Steve Lonegan's polished black tour bus was in front of the Washington Crossing Inn. Emblazoned on its sides: "November is Coming."
- Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:10:49 PDT
- Corresponding with history
- Knocked by the recession, his future clouded, Kyle Dixon needed advice.
- Sun, 08 Aug 2010 00:21:45 PDT
- 'Momzillas' weigh in
- Not a bride called. But their mothers did, and they had a lot to say. Mostly about me.
- Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:13:55 PDT
- School leaders: Deal with reality
- In another life, I was a manager for a chain of convenience stores. Six stores, two states. The main store was in Hopewell, where one of my fellow managers would regularly stop to sip coffee and bitterly complain that the company wasn't paying her enough. After all, she had gone to college.
- Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:41:19 PDT
- Gilded weddings
- At what point did Chelsea Clinton say to her fiancee, "The heck with it. Let's elope."
- Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:11:08 PDT
- Not his time - yet
- Mike Fitzpatrick, unable to make a meeting of tea partiers in Doylestown, had Dean Malik speak for him.
- Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:02:16 PDT
- The legacy of 'Live Aid'
- Twenty-five years ago this summer, 2 billion viewers tuned in to watch "Live Aid," a multi-continent rock concert that raised money to feed millions who were starving in Ethiopia. The concert is fondly recalled for its musical acts and memorable moments in London and Philadelphia. But how much money was raised? Where did it go? Did it help? And what has happened in Ethiopia since?
- Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:30:24 PDT
- Toomey at the tea party
- Pat Toomey, the Republican running for U.S. Senate, pitched large chunks of political red meat into Tuesday's crowded meeting of the Kitchen Table Patriots, Bucks County's tea party affiliate.
- Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:11:05 PDT
- No sense of fair pay
- While most everyone dumps on New Jersey's teachers unions for greediness, cushy compensation and retirement deals, the mammoth bureaucracy that undergirds the public education business has gone largely unnoticed.
- Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:50:03 PDT
- War continues, protesters fade
- The weekend waned and the war news was bad. Two Americans captured by the enemy, one of them killed.
- Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:11:07 PDT
- Why Jersey doesn't stink
- Good morning, New Jersey. You don't stink. You knew that, of course. But there are some people who don't, which is why the "Jersey Doesn't Stink" campaign exists.
- Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:15:00 PDT
- Getting right with Rev. Al
- The Rev. Al Sharpton came to Mount Holly on Sunday to preach to the members of Apostolic Church of Deliverance. As I listened, I wondered: Is this really the far-lefty Rev. Al Sharpton of cable-news talking-head fame?
- Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:13:00 PDT
- Small company, big worries
- In America, some men still like to make things. For William Marsh, it's cold finished steel bars. If you find yourself on a park bench made of steel, it's likely that the seat slats came from his cavernous American Bar Products shop in Warminster.
- Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:38:00 PDT
- An evening with Sean the Dwarf
- A little before 6 on Wednesday night, Sean the Dwarf entered the go-go bar in Levittown, a dark, smoky mirrored place called "Tattle Tales." He was an hour late, and the boss, a big guy named Rick, sat there wondering where he was.
- Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:47:00 PDT
- Knowing when to leave
- Rock ’n roll will never die, but one day Steven Tyler will. Hopefully, he won’t croak in concert.
- Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:39:00 PDT
- Pursuit of happiness
- The voice was sad. It was the voice of a broken spirit.
- Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:56:00 PDT
- Fated to remember
- Fated to remember
- Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:42:00 PDT
- Tiny houses that titillate
- Jay Shafer, on a cross-country trip from California, pulled his U-Haul truck into Philadelphia late, towing a three-room house. He was surrounded by fans with cameras and potential buyers for the "Tumbleweed," the flagship model of his Tumbleweed Tiny House Co.
- Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:58:00 PDT
- Feds set their eyes on Bucks
- So how much of President Obama’s “stimulus” cash will come to Bucks County, and how will it be spent? It’s $156 million — including the generous $400 “individual tax credit” most of us receive in $8 increments each paycheck.
- Sun, 31 May 2009 05:32:00 PDT
- The right to be a deadbeat
- Feel empowered?
- Sun, 03 May 2009 04:07:00 PDT
- The porch makes a comeback
- The National Association of Homebuilders reports the next big trend is the return of the old-fashioned front porch.
- Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:32:00 PDT
- In search of the ‘Great Recession’
- Unemployment has bolted to 8.5 percent, the highest in 25 years. From January through March, 2 million jobs have been lost. It’s grim.
- Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:45:00 PDT
- How Bucks dodged a nuke
- If a nuclear power plant’s core melted, the radiation spill could render “an area the size of Pennsylvania” uninhabitable. Forever.
- Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:22:00 PDT
- Neshaminy teens learn capitalism
- You’re in high school. The economy’s a bear and money’s tight and maybe you’re searching to make a little extra dough.
- Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:43:00 PDT
- ‘The Good Earth’ returns
- When it mysteriously vanished from her Bucks County farmhouse in the mid-1960s, Pearl S. Buck’s typewritten manuscript of “The Good Earth” was deemed “priceless.”
- Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:41:00 PST
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