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Tyler Letcher

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor

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A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Associate Editor Tyler Letchers CD collection, containing all used discs organized in alphabetical order.

Why I still buy CDs

November 20, 2022
In this Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, photo, the lightning port of an iPhone 7 is shown during an event to announce new Apple products, in San Francisco. The new iPhones are better, even when considering that the most dramatic change is what got taken away: the traditional headphone jack. Without a traditional headphone jack, wired headphones plug into the Lightning port normally used for charging. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

What happened to the headphone jack?

November 9, 2022
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, file photo, Phil Schiller, Apples senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, discusses messaging on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus in Cupertino, Calif. A team from Johns Hopkins University claims that it’s found a security flaw in iMessage, the encrypted messaging platform used on Apple’s phones and other devices, which would allow hackers under certain circumstances to decrypt messages. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Texting Between Platforms is Broken – and Apple Can Fix It

October 21, 2022
One of The Archives book and magazine sections, in its rear storeroom

Lansdale’s The Archive is keeping physical media alive

September 29, 2022
A copy of MLB: The Show 22 at the Philadelphia Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park, on April 25, 2022.

MLB: The Show 22 Review – On the Road Again

April 29, 2022

Later Start Times Work – and the Benefits Outweigh the Negatives

April 28, 2022
Bus 152 picks up North Penn High School students in North Wales borough. early in the morning on April 11, 2022.

Should school start times become later or should they stay the same?

April 28, 2022
A gallon of regular unleaded gas is $4.16.9 at a Costco Wholesale store in Cranberry Township, Pa., Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

OPINION: Putin’s Gasoline War

March 22, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks about Russias invasion of Ukraine on a television at Shaws Tavern in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

OPINION: Rare glimpse of bipartisanship offered in face of Ukraine crisis

February 28, 2022
Joe Rogan and his home platform, Spotify. (Tyler Letcher, WikiMedia, ccnull.de [creative commons])

OPINION: Spotify and The Joe Rogan Experience’ing’ some issues

February 4, 2022
In this September 3, 2014 file photo, British television presenter Rachel Riley shows a virtual-reality headset called Gear VR during an unpacked event of Samsung ahead of the consumer electronic fair IFA in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

OPINION: VR and the Metaverse – The Newest Virtual Wild West

January 26, 2022
Wasting money in the pixelated style of many NFTs sold in recent months.

OPINION: NFT’s: Newest Fads in Tech

January 10, 2022
While old, outdated textbooks may get more attention than Wikipedia, the latter source can be more reliable and up-to-date most of the time.

OPINION: Wikipedia-The Forbidden Source

December 16, 2021
The big three celebrity politicians Arnold Schwarzenegger, Donald Trump, and Ronald Reagan, in front of the Hollywood Sign.

Lights, Camera, Taking Action – The Hollywood Celebrity

December 15, 2021
Mayor-elect Neil McDevitt poses in front of North Wales’ 9th Street Park Gazebo, one of the borough’s many natural spaces.

With positive outlooks on the Borough, McDevitt is ready to lead

December 2, 2021
Froggy the Band during their music video for “7/11 Nachos”

Froggy leaps into the spotlight

November 1, 2021
Current members of the school board, including Jonathan Kassa, Tina Stoll, Christian Fusco and Al Roesch are being challenged by newcomers to the board, including Jessie Bradica, Michael Kennedy, Frederick Froelich, and Harry Snyder.

OPINION: Top School Board Election issues this year

October 18, 2021
Even as the world has made extreme progress towards on a return to normalcy over the course of this school year, the household of staff writer Tyler Letcher remains vigliant.

Sophomore reflects on a school year in lockdown

May 20, 2021
Amazon-Dominating the Marketplace, and workers’ rights, since 1996

Amazon-Dominating the Marketplace, and workers’ rights, since 1996

May 9, 2021
FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. Congressional Republicans are at a crossroads with Donald Trump. One branch of the party is keeping close to the former president, hoping to harness the power of his political brand for their campaigns. The other is splitting away and trying to chart a post-Trump future. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The moral case for (or against) a Trump presidential library

April 22, 2021
Staff Writer Tyler Letcher examines the sharp drop in ratings that networks like CNN and MSNBC have seen since the departure of Former President Donald Trump.

Examining the post-Trump ratings slump

April 7, 2021
Its time for America to consider a third party

It’s time for America to consider a third party

March 24, 2021
Just a few of the donut offerings from Woah Nutrition.

Whoa Nutrition dishing out distinctive donuts

March 8, 2021
Mrs. Jennifer Beach teaches a biology class on Tuesday, February 16.

This school year has been no day at the Beach

February 17, 2021
OPINION: The Brody-Letcher Report: A Presidential 4-year report card

OPINION: The Brody-Letcher Report: A Presidential 4-year report card

January 20, 2021
Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Bidens nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks after being introduced at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden’s Education Secretary Pick – A Public School Student’s Perspective

January 11, 2021
One of my aquariums, pictured here, is a 75 gallon, stocked with African Cichlids, a Plecostomous (sucker) catfish, and many Corydoras Catfish. A Penguin Biowheel hang on back filter is in use here, as well as a glass tube heater.

Fish Keeping Myths

December 20, 2020
A woman prepares to remove her mask for a photo near cherry blossoms at the Yuyuantan Park in Beijing on Thursday, March 26, 2020. (AP Images)

Environment benefits from pandemic

December 13, 2020

Virtual school is safest option, and it works

November 23, 2020
Opinion; Post-Trump presidencies will never be the same

Opinion; Post-Trump presidencies will never be the same

November 17, 2020

OPINION: Sometimes a wound needs a Band-Aid to heal

November 1, 2020
Gianna, Ben, and Tyler Letcher are a microcosm of the district; three levels of online schooling under one roof.

Distance learning: one roof, three perspectives

October 18, 2020
The Rise of Online Thrifting

The Rise of Online Thrifting

October 11, 2020
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