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Home – the story of who we are and a collection of all we love

Mifflin County, the place I call home, is where my story begins because that is where you will find the people and places that I love the most. It is the reason my husband Seth and I wanted to move back home to Lewistown. It will forever be our “home.” My name is Alyssa Brown (Henry). You might not know me, but I am sure if I told you my grandparents’ names, Mel and Kay Parker or Ron and Stella Henry, or even my parents or sister, Doug, Deb, and Ashley Henry, you may not know me per say, but you could figure it out. I probably wouldn’t even have to tell you my mom’s name, you ...

On Jan. 6, what did the FBI know?

The New York Times recently reported that the FBI had an undercover informant amid the mob that entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, who related to them his knowledge of demonstrators’ plans beforehand and his observations of events in the building in real time. The informant was a genuine member of the Proud Boys, one of the groups the feds are trying to charge with conspiracy to overthrow the government. According to the Times, the informant told the FBI in advance that there was no plan by his colleagues to disrupt the government. He also reported violence and destruction in the ...

America is still working

The Census Bureau has just issued its latest annual report, “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020,” and American Enterprise Institute economist and blogger Mark Perry has extracted and summarized its highlights, as he does every year. Perry’s work is always illuminating because the data shows how much healthier the country is socially and economically than anyone would believe who listens to the naysayers on the left, who want to transform America into a giant, socialist welfare state. Contrary to what we hear from Democrats and the left-leaning media, Americans continue ...

What makes story of Gabby Petito different from others?

There are hundreds of thousands of people reported missing in the United States each year. Last year there were more than 540,000 reports filed with police. Sounds like a lot, but probably due to our COVID-19 isolation that was a record low number. Some of the missing were kidnapped; others were quickly found or voluntarily returned home; and there were those who simply wanted to disappear. Almost half of the missing are minorities, and most are under the age of 21. So, what is it about the missing person case of Gabby Petito, a white 22-year-old New Yorker who moved to Florida, that ...

The coming climate crisis in Scotland

“Follow the money!” The old maxim is always sound advice when assessing the motives of those advancing bold agendas for the benefit of mankind. Invariably, the newest progressive idea entails a transfer of wealth from the taxpaying classes of Western nations to our transnational, global and Third World elites. For the masters of the universe, establishing justice and equality for the world’s poor are rewarding exercises in every sense of the word. Consider the 2015 Paris climate accords. Its declared goal: Save the planet from the ravages of climate change, which is ...

Biden stabbing nonunion workers in back

Nonunion workers make up nearly 90% of the U.S. workforce. President Joe Biden is stabbing them in the back. The massive $3.5 trillion budget bill Biden and Democratic lawmakers are trying to ram through Congress discriminates against nonunion workers and even forces some of them to pay higher taxes than union workers. Union membership in the U.S. has been declining for over 50 years. Biden is bent on reversing the trend, using the federal government to rig the system in favor of organizers and twist the arms of nonunion workers and employers. Biden said that unions “brung me to ...