From Scrap Heap to Startup: The Post-Gazette Tries Again—Again
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gets a second life under nonprofit ownership, highlighting challenges and hope for the future of local journalism.
Page 16 – Beaver County Almanac
How My Father Shaped Success With Index Cards Challenges
A reflection on a father’s disciplined habit of using index cards to prioritize six daily tasks, showing how simple focus and consistency can build lasting success.
Gas Station Profits, Gas Station Perils
Convenience stores profit from kratom, tianeptine, and delta-8 products, but growing health warnings and regulation risks may turn short-term gains into long-term reputational costs.
How to Save Humanity With Other People’s Electricity
A California trial questions whether AI’s “for humanity” promise masks profit motives, as communities weigh the real costs of hosting power-hungry data centers.
Goodbye, Pitt Race. Hello, Whatever This Is.
A reflective column on the sale of Pitt Race and the likely shift to a data center, examining what the change says about Beaver County, progress, and the quiet arrival of the AI economy.
What Just Happened in Islamabad? A Persian Friend Explains
Analysis of the Islamabad ceasefire, exploring Iran’s strategic pause, military losses, diplomatic isolation, and the fragile path between negotiations and renewed conflict.
The Kids Are Alright (But The Beaver Valley Mall, Not So Much)
Dick’s Sporting Goods leaving Beaver Valley Mall highlights the decline of a once-central community space, raising questions about reinvestment, ownership, and whether the mall can avoid becoming a cautionary tale.
Buffalo Bill Comes to Beaver County
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show visited Beaver County multiple times, bringing spectacle, Annie Oakley, and frontier mythology to an industrial town that never forgot the experience.
How Networking Groups Can Create Moral Hazards and Legal Chaos
Networking groups can blur professional boundaries, creating moral hazards, editorial confusion, and legal risk when friendliness is mistaken for authority.
Did 72 Steel Turn Into 404 Steel?
A critical look at the stalled 72 Steel project in Aliquippa, examining broken promises, slow progress, and the gap between development hype and reality.
From Scrap Heap to Startup: The Post-Gazette Tries Again—Again
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette gets a second life under nonprofit ownership, highlighting challenges and hope for the future of local journalism.
How My Father Shaped Success With Index Cards Challenges
A reflection on a father’s disciplined habit of using index cards to prioritize six daily tasks, showing how simple focus and consistency can build lasting success.
Gas Station Profits, Gas Station Perils
Convenience stores profit from kratom, tianeptine, and delta-8 products, but growing health warnings and regulation risks may turn short-term gains into long-term reputational costs.
How to Save Humanity With Other People’s Electricity
A California trial questions whether AI’s “for humanity” promise masks profit motives, as communities weigh the real costs of hosting power-hungry data centers.
Goodbye, Pitt Race. Hello, Whatever This Is.
A reflective column on the sale of Pitt Race and the likely shift to a data center, examining what the change says about Beaver County, progress, and the quiet arrival of the AI economy.
What Just Happened in Islamabad? A Persian Friend Explains
Analysis of the Islamabad ceasefire, exploring Iran’s strategic pause, military losses, diplomatic isolation, and the fragile path between negotiations and renewed conflict.
The Kids Are Alright (But The Beaver Valley Mall, Not So Much)
Dick’s Sporting Goods leaving Beaver Valley Mall highlights the decline of a once-central community space, raising questions about reinvestment, ownership, and whether the mall can avoid becoming a cautionary tale.
Buffalo Bill Comes to Beaver County
Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show visited Beaver County multiple times, bringing spectacle, Annie Oakley, and frontier mythology to an industrial town that never forgot the experience.
How Networking Groups Can Create Moral Hazards and Legal Chaos
Networking groups can blur professional boundaries, creating moral hazards, editorial confusion, and legal risk when friendliness is mistaken for authority.
Did 72 Steel Turn Into 404 Steel?
A critical look at the stalled 72 Steel project in Aliquippa, examining broken promises, slow progress, and the gap between development hype and reality.