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The Knight Crier
Online News Day or Knight - Official news site of North Penn High School - 1340 Valley Forge Rd. Lansdale, PA

The Knight Crier
Tyler Letcher

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor

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Oakland Athletics fans hang signs at RingCentral Coliseum to protest the team's potential move to Las Vegas and to call for team owner John Fisher and president Dave Kaval to sell the team during a baseball game between the Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds in Oakland, Calif., Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Opinion: If Athletics move occurs, throw Oakland fans a bone

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
May 5, 2023
The Show at... The Show: MLB The Show 2023 game rests against a standing room only ledge at Citizen's Bank Ballpark. (Photo by Tyler Letcher/ Knight Crier)

A review of MLB The Show- 2023

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
April 30, 2023
After a mediocre last season, these players look to have a bounceback season.

NL bounceback candidates for the new MLB season

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
April 10, 2023
After a disapointing last season, these players look to bounceback.

AL bounceback canidates for the upcoming MLB season

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
March 15, 2023
Two men compare television brands LG, Samsung, TCL, Sony and Vizio, while shopping at a retail store, Monday, May 13, 2019, in New Rochelle, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Smart TVs: Futuristic or Forced?

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
March 8, 2023
FILE - Los Angeles Angels owner Arte Moreno, right, talks with Angels manager Joe Maddon prior to a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, April 26, 2022, in Anaheim, Calif. Moreno has decided not to sell his team. He took his franchise off the market Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, after announcing his plan to explore a sale of the team last August. The 76-year-old owner met with prospective buyers during the winter. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Will MLB’s Angels finally ascend?

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
February 27, 2023
Seinfeld, a show about nothing, has influenced the creators of an AI television show, Nothing Forever, to create their own show about nothing.

A show about nothing… forever

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
February 21, 2023
With key additions such as Hosmer, Bellinger, and the potential for a trade for a catcher, will the Cubs reach contention - or even the success of their 2016 club? (Tyler Letcher)

Hot Stove: Cubs ready for contention

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
January 19, 2023
Some choice picks for the face of the 2023 MLB season, on some teams with promising futures.

Letcher’s List – 50 Batters, 50 Pitchers for ’23

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
January 9, 2023
Opinion: Streaming Services - For the people?

Opinion: Streaming Services – For the people?

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
December 22, 2022
Hot Stove Time: The Phillies, after a triumphant run through the World Series in October and November, now turn their eyes to December and the free agent market.

After exciting journey, time to re-Phil the tank

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
November 30, 2022
A BLAST FROM THE PAST: Associate Editor Tyler Letcher's CD collection, containing all used discs organized in alphabetical order."

Why I still buy CDs

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
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?

Tyler Letcher, Associate Editor
November 9, 2022
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, file photo, Phil Schiller, Apple's 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

Tyler Letcher
October 21, 2022
One of The Archive's book and magazine sections, in its rear storeroom

Lansdale’s The Archive is keeping physical media alive

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
April 29, 2022

Later Start Times Work – and the Benefits Outweigh the Negatives

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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?

Tyler Letcher and Maggie Robinson
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
March 22, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks about Russia's 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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

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

OPINION: NFT’s: Newest Fads in Tech

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

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

Froggy leaps into the spotlight

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
May 20, 2021
Amazon-Dominating the Marketplace, and workers’ rights, since 1996

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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
April 7, 2021
It's time for America to consider a third party

It’s time for America to consider a third party

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
March 24, 2021
Just a few of the donut offerings from Woah Nutrition.

Whoa Nutrition dishing out distinctive donuts

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

This school year has been no day at the Beach

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher and Chase Brody
January 20, 2021
Miguel Cardona, President-elect Joe Biden's 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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
December 13, 2020

Virtual school is safest option, and it works

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
November 23, 2020
Opinion; Post-Trump presidencies will never be the same

Opinion; Post-Trump presidencies will never be the same

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
November 17, 2020

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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
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

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
October 18, 2020
The Rise of Online Thrifting

The Rise of Online Thrifting

Tyler Letcher, Staff Writer
October 11, 2020
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