(This column originally appeared in LancasterOnline on Jan. 8, 2025.) We’re optimistic about the promise of 2025 and, for this new year, we’re betting on Pennsylvania. Here’s why: The state […]
From a historian’s perspective, this is one of the oddest campaigns in the history of presidential elections. It is rare for a former president to win the presidency after losing […]
(The blog was reposted with permission from a March 7, 2024, article in Lancaster Farmland Trust, which also graciously shared photography.) What does it take to get involved in farming […]
(This article originally appeared in LNP | LancasterOnline on Jan. 30, 2024.) Although it is not the only path to success, a college degree has long been a source of […]
(This column originally appeared in LNP | LancasterOnline on Aug. 13, 2023.) Tolerance has become the cardinal virtue, the sole absolute of our society and we hear it preached every […]
(This article originally appeared in the Manheim (Pa.) Merchandiser July 26, 2023, edition and online at TownLively.com.) Books have always played a critical role in college education. At one local […]
In his now-famous speech, Frederick Douglass asked an important question: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Juneteenth was a partial answer. In 1852, at a July 4th […]
STORY UPDATE! On May 1, 2023, Lancaster County’s local newspaper, LNP | LancasterOnline, highlighted the story of LBC Criminal Justice major, cross country runner and track athlete Dana Keller (’25). […]
(This oped originally appeared in The Christian Post on Feb. 27, 2023.) As a church historian, it has been interesting to see how Christians have responded to the recently concluded […]