Jim Ludlow

Voters exit the Allentown Fairgrounds Agri-Plex after casting their ballots on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Opinion: I voted and then realized how little I really knew

November 13, 2025 at 7:31 a.m.

Opinion: Being a good voter is more than showing up. It is being prepared even modestly.

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on her policy platform, including improving the cost of living for all Americans, at the Hendrick Center For Automotive Excellence on Aug. 16, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina (Grant Baldwin/Getty Images/TNS)

Opinion: Before you vote read the party platforms

October 7, 2025 at 7:31 a.m.

Opinion: A more honest democracy starts with better-informed voters.

While he does not accept many of beliefs that accompany organized belief systems the author maintains a faith in God and asserts that religion can provide a moral structure to live by. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Faith & Values: Finding faith without the comfort of certainty

September 6, 2025 at 8:00 a.m.

My struggle is not in questioning God’s existence but the role of spirits, miracles and supernatural signs

One of 215 new citizens looks at the United States Constitution after a ceremony at the National Archives Sept. 17, 2012, in Washington, DC. The ceremony was held on the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in the Rotunda of the archives which holds the “Charters of Freedom”: The Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/TNS)

Opinion: On July 4, remembering the promise, carrying on the work

July 3, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

Opinion: July 4th is a reminder of unfinished work and a call to keep America’s promise alive

Reading Public Museum President Geoffrey Fleming stands April 7, 2025, with a Gilbert Charles Stuart portrait of George Washington thought to have been painted around 1795. (Bill Uhrich/Reading Eagle)

Opinion: The cultural shift from earning respect to demanding it

May 13, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

Opinion: Demanding respect removes personal accountability.

A “Half A Dollar” bill from the Continental Era sits on the author’s desk in March 2025. (Photo courtesy Jim Ludlow)

Opinion: Ben Franklin’s advice to ‘mind your business’ still relevant today

March 28, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

Opinion: America doesn’t need more viral moments. It needs more focused citizens and quiet builders.

Venezuela team member, Esteban Avila makes a diving catch Aug. 25, 1994, during the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. (SCCC Staff Photo/Lloyd Fox)

Your View: Three organizations that shape young lives for the better

February 9, 2025 at 7:31 a.m.

Opinion: Scouting instilled honesty, integrity and service. Little League taught resilience, competitiveness and strategic thinking. Sunday School reinforced morality and faith.

A view of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial on Sept. 11, 2021, at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for the Canadian American Business Council/TNS)

Your View: Lincoln’s presidency offers lesson still relevant today

January 10, 2025 at 7:30 a.m.

Abraham Lincoln faced challenges that dwarf many or all of today’s crises, yet his leadership transcended the moment, leaving lessons that resonate profoundly in 2025.

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