Furniture can take unexpected forms, especially in contemporary design. From the late twentieth century onward, advances in technology created a wealth of new materials and construction techniques for designers to use, and social and cultural changes encouraged experimental approaches with new ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on people with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) needing to urinate more than others. What about those who have central sleep apnea (CSA)? I’m a 74-year-old male who’s taking medications for an enlarged prostate, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure, which are all under control. I urinate maybe twice a night during my sleep, sometimes not at all. I had a sleep study done in 2017, which showed CSA that wasn’t controlled by the end of the study. A CPAP device didn’t help, and I’m now using a BiPAP machine. Does the frequent urination ...
The November midterm vote will be shaped less by party slogans than by the judgments voters make about their daily lives: whether prices feel manageable, whether their communities feel safe, and whether Washington is listening. Neither party can assume that frustration with its opponent automatically amounts to trust in itself. The economy is the clearest test. Recent national surveys show that 84% of registered voters consider it very important to their vote. That includes 88% of voters supporting Democratic House candidates and 82% supporting Republicans. Democrats hold an 8-point ...
Dan Mosel Harrisburg Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact fee continues to prove the doubters wrong. When it was enacted over a decade ago, opponents were convinced that it wouldn’t benefit the Commonwealth the way a severance tax might. They insisted that a severance tax — which would probably just funnel more money into the black hole that is the state’s General Fund — was the better policy option to ensure that Pennsylvanians got their “fair share” of the industry’s profits. But the impact fee has proven otherwise. This fee (which is really a tax in all but name) ...
For reasons that will baffle my many detractors, I am often asked for advice about being an opinion journalist. One of my standard responses is: You have to be willing to disappoint your biggest fans. What I mean is that if you start to see your job as telling fans what they want to hear, you risk becoming an entertainer rather than a thinker, and eventually you become a caricature. I’ve seen it happen numerous times. Patrick Buchanan was a brilliant columnist and a serious person. But over the course of his career, he listened too much to the people who said, “Go Pat, go!” and ...
Rick Thomas Lewisburg I would like to express my support for Ray Bilger as our next Representative for the 15th Congressional District. I first met Ray about a year ago, not long after he expressed his interest to run for the position. He immediately impressed me with his communication skills while addressing people he’s never met and groups he had never spoken to. His skills as a communicator no doubt stem from his fluency in multiple foreign languages, all learned as a part of his previous career working for the U.S. Air Force and the State Department. His ability to ...
