Opinion
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Frank: Greetings From Hellscapes of Immigrants and Couch Monsters
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I’m sitting in a coffeeshop in Portland, Oregon, on the first workday of the new year. My granddaughters have gone back to school, my daughter has gone back to work in her home office and my son-in-law is, like me, prepping for a new semester. Earlier, Nick and I hunkered down at the dining room…
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Hook: Portal Pondering
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Let’s talk about the transfer portal. Because it certainly seems like the primary topic of conversation around Happy Valley these days, doesn’t it? Which football players are leaving the Penn State team and which players are joining the Penn State team. As a “mini-expert” in the transfer portal – our son used it twice during…
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Op-Ed: The Hidden Technology Behind the Happy Valley Casino
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When a loyal casino patron signs up for a Loyalty Club card, they will be sure to use it every time they sit down at a slot machine. Bottom line why: if they spend $250 at that slot machine, they want to be absolutely sure the casino is aware of that so they can receive proper credit for…
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Paterno: Separation of Church and State Is Both American and Christian
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With the first dawn of the new year it is natural to look ahead to 2026. Much will be made of “America 250.” Many of the loudest promoters of this milestone are people who haven’t got much of a clue as to why this nation was founded in the first place. Our job this year…
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Letters: No to Casino Dealer School; Support Public Media; Abuse of Presidential Pardons
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To future applicants considering Happy Valley Casino jobs: If you’re thinking of signing up for the Dealer School or for roles as slot attendants, security or food and beverage staff at the proposed Happy Valley Casino, you may want to think again. Working at a casino may look like steady work on paper, but the…
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What Would You Do if You Won the Powerball?
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Like most of you, I have had that dream of what I would do if I actually won the lottery. I’m not talking about the $100 people occasionally win from some scratch-off a colleague bought them for Christmas or a birthday. I’m talking about the whole enchilada, the Powerball jackpot. Hey, it’s my fantasy so…
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It’s Time for a Major Overhaul of College Football
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After the Kiffin saga at Ole Miss, college football broke through another barrier. But it was an unforced error because of the current structure and calendar supposedly governing the sport. If this were a video game it might be time to hit the reset button on the old Sega, because most of what governs the…
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Op-Ed: Why Hiring Terry Smith Is the Smart Strategy for Penn State
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“The granddaddy of all [strategic] mistakes is competing to be the best, going down the same path as everybody else and thinking that somehow you can achieve better results.” – Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, perhaps the leading expert on business strategy “I don’t want Penn State to become the kind of a place…
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Letters: Penn State Cancer Institute’s Failed Leadership; Stand Up for Community by Supporting WPSU
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Vindication tastes bitter when it comes at such a cost, but the record must now show: every alarm I sounded was justified. On Thursday, Nov. 20, Spotlight PA exposed a damning internal review of the Penn State Cancer Institute: chemotherapy overdoses, treatment delays that let cancers spread unchecked, incomplete patient records, and a toxic workplace…
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Gratitude With a Touch of Attitude
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Last Monday, I chanced upon an e-bike lying on its side on the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. Odd, I thought. I looked around, saw no one, continued on my way. The bike was still there that afternoon and the next morning and all the rest of the week. Stolen, then ditched?…