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June 14, 2024
TODAY IS FLAG DAY. We encourage everyone to fly their American flag high, not just on this day, but every day. Over the past several years, our country has grappled with division and some have used th...
Keep your head in the game
Politics
June 13, 2024
As a serious basketball fan, I regret to report that all this Mean Girl stuff following Caitlin Clark’s professional debut has persuaded me to return to my longstanding policy of total indifference to...
Pass a federal shield law
Politics
June 13, 2024
Sen. Mike Lee, a strong conservative from Utah, and Sen. Ron Wyden, an ardent progressive from Oregon, agree on very little. But they are primary co-sponsors of a critically important piece of legisla...
Maga morons and Larry Hogan
Politics
June 12, 2024
I hope the Larry Hogan fracas isn’t a sign of idiocies to come. As you may know, the U.S. Senate is currently divided, effectively, 51 Democrats to 49 Republicans. The GOP is likely to win Sen. Joe Ma...
Politics
June 12, 2024
To the Editor: I am a registered Democrat. However, I do my best to not be dirty and mean. Of course, sometimes I am and I admit it and do my best to change my ways. Unlike the Republican party presum...
Politics
June 12, 2024
COULD THE QUESTION of how to save emergency services be all about authority? Pennsylvania has issues with its first response providers. Aside from police departments having trouble filling positions, ...
Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA
Politics
By By BILL BARROW Associated Press 
June 11, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Groups pushing tighter gun laws have been building political muscle through multiple elections, boosted by the outcry following mass shootings at schools and other public places, in add...
Biden’s losing battle with the age issue
Politics
June 11, 2024
President Joe Biden looked frail and sometimes confused at ceremonies in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. In other words, no change — Biden looked pretty much the same as ...
Politics
June 11, 2024
IN 2022, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT decision overturning Roe v. Wade did more than just upend reproductive health law. It also made back-burner issues take on more urgency. If limits on abortion result in...
Politics
Stranger things
June 11, 2024
To the Editor: What credibility? Credibility is not a familiar word in Donald Trump’s limited vocabulary. Terms like trust worthiness, reliability, integrity and reputation come to mind when we consid...
Jay-Z enters one of Pa.’s messiest political fights
Politics
June 11, 2024
His Roc Nation company is funding informational events regarding private school vouchers. By STEPHEN CARUSO and KATIE MEYER Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — A series of events intended to get Philadelphians ...
Politics
June 10, 2024
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION is important. It has become part of a growing conversation, as the reality and sustainability of university education are debated because of its cost. The requirement of...
The balm of care
Politics
June 10, 2024
“Oh my G*d!” It was the fall 2020, and I had just been taken by ambulance to a New York City hospital. Without a doubt, the paramedics thought I was wasting their time and was merely having a panic at...
The myth that Biden had nothing to do with the prosecutions of Trump
Politics
June 10, 2024
The five criminal and civil prosecutions of former President Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Joe Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them. But Biden...