Car Collector Corner: The American Who Helped Make Toyota Successful
[By Greg Zyla] I am going to answer a question I am still asked every week, especially since I have test driven nearly 1,750 vehicles…
Editorial
The Old Coot explains FCMB&B
[By Merlin Lessler] In between the ambulance-chasing lawyer ads and prescription drug ads that dominate the TV screen today are ads for nutritional pills and…
Letter: A Message from Gail’s Tails
Dear Editor, I am a retired Naval Officer who chose to help animals in need. I have been helping rescue groups since my retirement in…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: Hell Is Real! You Don’t Have To Go There!
[By Pastor Wayne Sibrava, Living Water Baptist Church] There are certain subjects that are not pleasant to talk about. This past week, for example, I…
We have two fathers: a physical father and a spiritual father
— We all have the same spiritual Father; we are brothers and sisters — [By Sister Chirya] The Call of the Time is telling us…
Guest Editorial: Wake up, students, teachers, and parents – the keyboard is limiting your education
[Contributed by Jim Ross, longtime St. Patrick parishioner and dedicated lector] I come from an era when handwritten notes were the only way to document…
Welcome Home
[By Pastor Wayne Sibrava, Living Water Baptist Church] There’s a story about a man with two sons. One of them came to his father, eager…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: ‘The source of our story’
[By Fr. Jim Muscatella, Blessed Trinity & St. Patrick’s Parishes] One cold January night, the priests of Tioga County stepped out into the darkness and…
The Old Coot is ‘Unyoung’
[By Merlin Lessler] I just noticed that the official media, TV and radio have started referring to homeless people as “Unhoused.” It might have been…
A Pastor’s Thoughts: ‘On Faith and Plastics’
[By Bruce and Carolyn Gillette, First Presbyterian Union Church in Owego] How does our understanding of the Bible speak to our use of plastic products…