Of All Things: Will robots strike out as umpires?

Of All Things: Will robots strike out as umpires?

About this time last year, while normal people were preoccupied with the carryings-on of football practitioners, some people who devote their energies to baseball were making a proposal that would change the American way of life: Robot umpires.

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Flashback: LaSalle edges SCH Boys in 2019 game

Flashback: LaSalle edges SCH Boys in 2019 game

By Rick CawleyFor the ReviewThe LaSalle HS boys basketball team edged Springside Chestnut Hill Academy 45-43 in a game played in Dec., 2019.The Blue Devils were able to close the gap on the Explorers in the final minute but a potential game winning 3 point shot by SCH's Darius Isaac just mis…

Of All Things: Getting rid of Confederate names

Of All Things: Getting rid of Confederate names

The National Defense Authorization Act that the House of Representatives invented earlier this month, to out-going President Trump’s dismay, contained an interesting sidelight. It would remove from existing United States Army installations any names of officers of the Confederate Army from t…

Of All Things: A Dickens of a Cowboy Tale

There weren’t a might of doubt that Jake Marley died with his boots on. The M was still in the brand of the S Bar M Ranch, but Big Eb Scrooge was in the saddle, and he was riding alone, pardners.

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RMWHS Launches New Website

RMWHS Launches New Website

The Roxborough Manayunk Wissahickon Historical Society recently christened their new website to begin to allow the community digital access to their Archives. 

Of All Things: A reason to visit Philadelphia

The magazine called “Travel + Leisure” usually suggests that travelers should head for such places as the Samana Peninsula in the Dominican Republic, or the Ras Al Khaimah emerate, or Finland’s far north.

Of All Things: Can Christmas candy cause depression?

Of All Things: Can Christmas candy cause depression?

As we continue moving toward the seasonal consumption of candy canes, cookies, and other sugar-packed Christmas-time goodies, along come some spoil-sport scientists who tell is that consumption of too much sugary stuff can cause depression.