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Month: May 2018

A time and a place

May 30, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

By now you most likely have heard about the retired South Carolina English teacher who corrected the letter from Donald Trump for spelling mistakes and grammatical errors and plans to send it back to him. She said if it had… Continue Reading →

The grammatically incorrect Trump letter

Pay day, once a year

May 25, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Luzerne County Community College calls what happened last night at Mohegan Sun Arena “commencement.” I call it “payday.” Sure the college deposits a sum of money in my checking account every two weeks, but those who teach will tell you… Continue Reading →

LCCC Commencement, pay day

Weather or not

May 23, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

As he does each morning, the TV weather guy gave what he calls the “bus stop” weather report, a graphic of a yellow school bus popping up behind him. You’ll need to put the rain slicker on the kids today,… Continue Reading →

Every pizza is a party

May 18, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

Borrowing from Will Rogers, I never met a pizza I didn’t like. Whenever I say that, I typically follow up with, “I even like Little League park pizza.” I could eat pizza every day and can probably write about it… Continue Reading →

National Pizza Party Day

Driving in the Virginias

May 16, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

More than 150 years later a new Army of Northern Virginia roams the Shenandoah Valley. This one does not wear gray uniforms and answer to Robert E. Lee. It drives Hondas and Toyotas and Ford 150s and answers to no… Continue Reading →

Virginia driving

Sen. McCain and I

May 11, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I was surprised to see Sen. John McCain as the subject of the “By the Book” feature in The New York Times Book Review section last Sunday. I don’t think of Sen. McCain as an author but he does have… Continue Reading →

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Grant, Sen. John McCain, the Great Gatsby

What moms do

May 9, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

There were only four of us Ackerman kids at the time. I was 8, maybe 9, so it was at least two years before my kid brother Bobby was born. Every time I relive this little memory, and I relive… Continue Reading →

Mother's Day

Cheesy jokes

May 4, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

My friend Paul Martin Trzcinski is the king of cheesy jokes. For example: “Every fortune teller I meet is always angry or always sad. I just can’t seem to find a happy medium.” Rim shot. Paul earns his living playing… Continue Reading →

Cheesy jokes

Can a voice be more perfect?

May 2, 2018Ed Ackerman Leave a Comment

I bruise you, you bruise me We both bruise too easily Too easily to let it show I love you and that’s all I know These are the opening lyrics of one of my favorite songs. Not one of my… Continue Reading →

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Ed Ackerman Ed Ackerman, a consulting editor and columnist for the Greater Pittston Progress, has served the people of Greater Pittston for 48 years, starting in the newspaper field at age 17. The Pittston resident will share his thoughts in this blog and in a weekly column published in the Progress. greaterpittstonprogress.com

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