JOHN BARTUS: THESE ARE STRANGE DAYS INDEED
No one can deny that these are strange days. It’s reminiscent of the ancient Chinese blessing/curse: May you live in interesting times. Fish are spinning. People are...
JOHN BARTUS: CATCH MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE’S GREAT MUSICAL ‘DISENCHANTED!’
Marathon is really lucky to have our Marathon Community Theatre. For quite a few decades — 80 years — this group of dedicated performers and volunteers has...
JOHN BARTUS: HEALTH CARE CYBERATTACK CRIPPLES NATION’S PAYMENT SYSTEM
At the beginning of 2020, the city of Marathon was hit with a ransomware cyberattack. The perpetrators found a way into the city’s main computer server, and...
JOHN BARTUS: CELEBRATING A.S.K. DURING AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH
Autism is on the rise. Once a condition that affected only one in 10,000 children, autism today affects an estimated one in 36 children. One in 45...
JOHN BARTUS: SADNESS IN NEW YORK
A horrific story from last week was the sad tale of the man who self-immolated outside Donald Trump’s hush-money trial in New York City. While news cameras...
