Today, Father's Day, we formally recognize and honor our father's role in our lives.

CONSIDERING HOW important the job is, we don't get much training to be parents.

WHEN I began working for The Times Leader in 1982 as a correspondent I would type my stories at home and deliver my copy to the paper. Before that climb up the marble steps to the newsroom, I'd pass a bronze plaque bearing the names of the men who worked for the...