Politics
March 5, 2025
UPMC MEMORIAL in York County is a hospital. A hospital is a place where life or death struggles take place every day. It is usually a cardiac arrest or a stroke or an anaphylactic allergic reaction. I...
For one leading Democrat,Trump, Musk and Putin paranoia merge
Politics
March 5, 2025
Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy is one of the Democrats urging his party to more aggressively resist President Donald Trump across a broad range of issues. “Mr. Murphy has seemed to be everywhere all at...
Speaker Johnson tells GOP lawmakers to skip town halls after an onslaught of protests
Politics
By By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent 
March 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been filled with protesters decrying the Trump administration’s slashing of federal govern...
Politics
By By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press 
March 5, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers demanded answers from billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency on Thursday as concerns about who has access to America’s most sensitive inform...
Politics
March 4, 2025
By Victor Davis Hanson At some point, some president was going to have to stop the unsustainable spending and borrowing. To have any country left, some president would eventually have had to restore a...
The pope’s example
Politics
March 4, 2025
Apapal deathwatch united us. It doesn’t seem as crass an observation now that Pope Francis has been rallying, but regardless of one’s politics or opinion of him specifically or the Catholic Church mor...
Politics
March 3, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — President Donald Trump’s senior aides and allies lashed out at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Washington as he attended a European summit Sunday in London to rally internatio...
Politics
Spinning out of control
March 1, 2025
To the Editor: I grew up with both of my parents being Democrats; so, I registered as one. I’ve never voted straight party, but rather who was the best candidate for the office. In my first presidenti...
Hits & Misses
Politics
March 1, 2025
It’s a great time to not only renew your faith, but also support local churches, fire departments and businesses as the Lenten season will begin Ash Wednesday. During the Lenten season, fish fry fundr...
When myth runs into reality
Politics
February 28, 2025
“Trump’s honeymoon is over,” headlines the Washington Post. “At Testy Town Halls, Republicans Take Heat for Trump’s Bold Moves,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Certainly, the president’s honeymoon i...
Politics
February 28, 2025
DOING SOMETHING AUDACIOUSLY bold is said to take gall. The saying comes from the word “gall,” referring to bile — in reality, secretions of the liver but generally any bitter, caustic, hard-to-swallow...
Politics
February 28, 2025
The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...
Rachel Maddow’s very, very, very special friend
Politics
February 27, 2025
I gotta admit, Joy Reid was indeed blindsided when she was fired from MSNBC this week. How could she possibly have seen this cancellation coming? Sure, by the end, she was down to 11 actual viewers na...
Politics
Handwriting on the wall
February 27, 2025
To the Editor: It can’t be that the left is that dumb, but they sure act like it. Sixty-percent of the electorate approve what the current administration is doing. Securing our borders, eliminating DE...