As we begin this season of Lent, let us remember the words Jesus spoke to his disciples on Holy Thursday, after washing their feet. These words apply to all men and women of all faiths. “Greater love has no one as this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” We must also ...

In every healthy society, there is a shared understanding that children deserve protection, guidance, and care. They are not political pawns, nor are they equipped to make irreversible decisions that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Yet increasingly, our culture places the burden ...

Within the Nov. 25, 2025, issue of the Altoona Mirror, on the Opinion Page, the Associated Press printed a piece about their “unbiased” reporting. Some actual “unbiased” AP reporting I’d like to see: Any storyline on President Trump, his administration, or family where they are ...

Millions of Christians, Catholics and all other denominations of various faiths, share a profound certainty that something has gone terribly wrong with our country. There is an immense war between good and evil being waged in the spiritual realm to determine the future of America. We are all ...

Beginning in 1992 and lasting over a decade, the Logantown community fought a battle with the Altoona YMCA to save their local park. This neighborhood conflict brought a lot of attention to Logantown’s deteriorating condition. Twenty-five years ago on July 6, Altoona hired its first ...

Now, more than ever, we need a principled, fiscally conservative voice in Harrisburg. That’s why I am supporting Andrea Verobish in the special election to fill Representative Lou Schmitt’s vacant seat in the 79th Legislative District. Her values are our values: Pro-Life, Pro-2nd Amendment ...