Jamal Khashoggi
The disappearance and reported murder of Jamal Khashoggi highlights the dangers journalists and writers face when governments are increasingly intolerant of scrutiny and...
HS FOOTBALL: Regular season is winding down; Fantastic 50 countdown continues
It's Week 8, even if it feels like a July afternoon. Trust me, the season is nearly complete for high school football players and it isn't even Halloween. Just a quick look back. West Scranton pounded out a win over Scranton, 6-0, in the annual Battle for the Bell....
Trump’s redux
HS TENNIS: Scranton Prep wins D2 title; Singles draw released; Updated Dates
On what ended up being a long day of tennis that began in the morning with the District 2 Class 3A team semifinals ended with the annual seeding meeting and pairings draw late at Dunmore High School. We begin by congratulating Scranton Prep, which won its 10th...
GAMEFACE – The Bell Game
In this week's edition of GameFace, staff writer Joby Fawcett talks with Scranton's Grayson Lavelle and West Scranton's Guillermo Gomez about the Bell Game. Previous GameFace Posts -...
Cartwright’s leadership PAC and its quite distant connection to Cher
Most people don't know this, but U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright has what's known as a leadership political action committee. Leadership PACs allow members of Congress to raise money from their donors to give to candidates or causes they like without using money they...
Review: “A Simple Favor”
Tamara's Take What happened to Amy? Her writer husband Nick must have had something to do with her disappearance in “Gone Girl.” What happened to Megan? Surely her tough husband, Scott, or her therapist, Kamal, or her employer, Tom, had something to do with that in...
Eye cream might be bs — except this one
Happy Monday. I'm tired. The worst part? I ran out of my Holy Grail eye cream that makes me look not tired. It's Drunk Elephant C-Tango Multivitamin Eye Cream. And it's the best thing to ever happen to me and the constant puffy, purple-gray circles under my eyes....
Remembering Arthur James and his connection to this election
We have two governor candidates from York County -- Gov. Tom Wolf and Scott Wagner -- as you might have read in this story from The Caucus in our Sunday Times. The last governor from York County was George Leader, whose name wound up on a nursing home on Second Avenue...
AOW EXTRAS: Mason Kordish, Valley View football
The Valley View senior ran for 175 yards and scored three touchdowns as No. 1 Valley View withstood a furious battle against No. 4 Western Wayne and remained undefeated at 7-0. Here's more from Kordish's interview with Joby Fawcett. Cougars football is important in...
What emergency?
Coming up: Review of a great hiking app
Hey friends, I just wanted to give you a quick heads up about something coming on Sunday in the Life & Times section of The Sunday Times. Illustrator and columnist Kevin O'Neill is offering his weekly Insights column, and this time it's about - you guessed it -...
HS VOLLEYBALL: Dunmore dynasty reaches another milestone; Week 4 Ranking released
It's a dynasty that doesn't show any signs of ending. Dunmore has been the standard of excellence since the varsity program started in 2007. The Lady Bucks have had championship seasons, all-state players and record-setters. Look at this run of success in the...
Daddy’s money
Tuesday's New York Times blockbuster report on the sources of Donald Trump's wealth probably didn't surprise anyone who's been paying attention to the guy or who cares about the truth behind his bluster and BS. It's 14,000 words long, exhaustively documented and worth...
A stylist’s secrets for long, healthy hair
One of the top questions I see on social media is about growing hair long and healthy. Neons, pastels and grays are super fun colors to rock but that amount of processing combined with heat-styling, using harsh ingredients and/or generally not taking care of your...
Tracker says Cartwright’s re-election chances improving
A top Washington, D.C., congressional election tracker thinks U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright's chances of returning to Congress next year have improved. The Cook Political Report has changed its rating of the 8th Congressional District from leans Democratic to likely...
HS TENNIS: Regular season concludes; Playoffs set; Final Rankings posted
It's Thursday, a day later than we hoped for the final post ON THE BLOG for the regular season, but the year of rain put a hold on the schedule and created headaches for Mike Ognosky, who puts together the brackets for the District 2 team championships. But, through...
HS FOOTBALL: Valley View solidifies its spot at No. 1; Fantastic 50 continues
It was billed and hyped as the Game of the Year. Valley View left quite an impression. In the battle between two No. 1 teams, Valley View slugged it out with Berwick and came away with a 35-7 win to solidify its spot as the top team in District 2. The Cougars are...
I’ll take ‘ego’ for $1,000
Alex Trebek was an odd choice to moderate the PA gubernatorial debate. The longtime "Jeopardy" host seemed unaware that the best moderators set the tone and direction of a debate, and don't chew up airtime showing everybody in TV-land how smart they are. Still, given...
Hooked
Like the tobacco industry before them, manufacturers of e-cigarettes are under fire for targeting underage kids.
