What a Difference a Word Makes!

Dr. Arthur C. Donart, Ph. D. wrote this essay. I use to be on the Editorial Board of Timely Issues in Education while I was an Assistant Professor of English at Western Illinois University in Macomb.  There were three of us, and we read all articles that were submitted for

Democracy Doesn’t Work Well, Unless It Is Democratic

Dr. Arthur C. Donart, Ph. D. wrote this essay. I have long believed voting in our elections is a sacred duty.  I am a Korean Conflict Veteran and was unable to vote until I was 21 years of age.  In the midst of the Vietnam War we constantly would hear

Abortion:  Confession of a Pro-Life Turncoat

This essay was written by Dr. Arthur C. Donart, Ph. I grew up in a pre-Vatican II Catholic Church.  I studied for the Priesthood in a Franciscan minor seminary for two years.  There, one learns not to question authority, or Church teaching for that matter.  We memorized the Baltimore Catechism

It Was Always Going to End This Way in Afghanistan

Dick Polman, a veteran National political Columnist based in Philadelphia and a Writer in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania, writes at DickPolman.net.  Email  dickpolman7@gmail.com. Anyone who professes to be shocked by the Taliban victory in Afghanistan has not been paying attention. It was always bound to happen.  It was

Big Memories of Little League

Peter Funt wrote this essay on Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The thwack of a baseball colliding with a bat and the thump of a folded newspaper landing on a porch are sounds I cherish.  They’re rewinding for me this month, while watching the Little League World Series. As a kid,

What’s Happening in Afghanistan is a Tragedy

Christine Flowers is an Attorney and a Columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times. Reach her at cflowers1961@gmail.com. I’ve been practicing immigration law for over 25 years, and I speak four languages fluently.  I’ve traveled widely outside of the United States and lived abroad for large stretches in the 1980s

Border Fiasco Ensures Tight Mid-Term Races

Joe Guzzardi is a Progressives for Immigration Reform analyst, who has written about immigration for more than 30 years. Contact him at jguzzardi@pfirdc.org. In 2019, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that the first thing he did, when he arrived at his office, was to check the

Have You Thanked a School Bus Driver Lately?

Danny Tyree welcomes email responses at tyreetyrades@aol.com. Yes, bus drivers are trapped in a work environment where rubber bands and paper footballs fly freely; where No. 2 pencils are irresistibly drawn toward major arteries; where First-Graders are exposed to birds-and-bees lectures by Sophomores (“If the bee has dreamy hair and

Dumbing Down Our Kids of Color

Michael Reagan, is the son of President Ronald Reagan, an author, a speaker, and President of the Reagan Legacy Foundation.  Email reagan@caglecartoons.com. The left is truly dumbing down America’s kids.  It’s nothing new.  But based on the insane education policy recently implemented by the State of Oregon, it looks like

The Media is Missing the Story on Violent Crime

Rich Manieri is a Professor of Journalism at Asbury University in Kentucky.  Reach him at manieri2@gmail.com. “It’s interesting when people die,” wrote Don Henley in the anti-media-sensationalism song “Dirty Laundry,” back in 1982.  Not much has changed since.  There are more media outlets and platforms than ever, but tragedy still

Biden Keeps Walking Back Trump’s Border Policies

Joe Guzzardi is a Progressives for Immigration Reform Analyst who has written about immigration for more than 30 years.  Contact him at jguzzardi@pfirdc.org. In a move consistent with the Biden administration’s walk back of former President Donald Trump’s tougher immigration actions and guidelines, the Department of Homeland Security announced it

Offense and Controversy are Necessary in a Free Society

Christine Flowers is an Attorney and a Columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times; she can be reached at cflowers1961@gmail.com. The other day, someone reminded me that I had a public Facebook page entitled “Christine Flowers, Columnist and Radio Host.”  I rarely post there, which is why I’d almost forgotten

Republicans Continue Petty Political Squabbles Amid the Pandemic

Carl Golden is a Senior Contributing Analyst with the William J. Hughes Center for Public Policy, at Stockton University in New Jersey.  Email him at cgolden1937@gmail. Even as the delta variant of the COVID-19 virus rips through the Country, sending infections and hospitalizations soaring to levels not experienced in months,

Free Speech Extends to Students, Too

Christine Flowers is an Attorney and a Columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times; she can be reached at cflowers1961@gmail.com. One of the first cases I studied at Villanova University in Villanova, PA, was Tinker v. Des Moines, a seminal case in free speech and a student’s rights. In December

Who Says There’s No Crying in Baseball?

Jase Graves is an award-winning humor columnist from East Texas.  Contact Graves at susanjase@sbcglobal.net. Even with this year’s emotionally jarring Major League Baseball season–featuring widespread fan misbehavior, COVID-19 postponements, and a game suspension caused by a shooting in Washington, D. C.–it’s generally accepted (as stated by Jimmy Dugan in the