Hits & Misses
Opinion
July 25, 2026
There was promising news out of Charleroi this week as the former Corelle Brands glass plant was put on the market. GA Group Real Estate announced that it has launched a formal call for offers on the ...
Opinion
GUEST COLUMN
July 25, 2026
By JEFF KOTULA President Washington County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Promotion Agency On July 4, 2026, the United States of America celebrated the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declarati...
Opinion
July 24, 2026
PENNSYLVANIA IS better than average at voting. This isn’t about party. It’s not about encouraging voting in a presidential or midterm year. Registration is always at its peak every four years when the...
Reject the evil of antisemitism
Opinion
July 24, 2026
“Irecognize you as the firstborn of Satan.” That may not sound like much of an insult considering some of the things that are said on social media today. But coming from a religious man in the second ...
Is Trump losing his touch?
Opinion, Politics
July 24, 2026
For over a decade, Donald Trump has demonstrated a shrewd -- even brilliant grasp of what motivates his followers. That’s why he’s won two elections and only barely lost a third. But Trump has always ...
Opinion
July 23, 2026
YOUNG PEOPLE ENTERING THE WORKPLACE need to learn how to navigate the muddy waters of social media. They need to learn how to use it for marketing and sharing crucial information. They need to know wh...
Renewed war means renewed GOP midterm worries
Opinion, Politics
July 23, 2026
In the last week, the war in Iran has seemed like a war again, after a long time in a gray area that was neither war nor peace. Now, with both sides shooting at each other, war is back. And, political...
Opinion, Politics
July 22, 2026
WHEN A JUDGE GIVES A DEADLINE, it’s not a suggestion. It’s a brick wall — hard hitting and difficult to blow past. If a lawyer misses a filing date, a case can get tossed out of court. If evidence isn...
Opinion, Politics
By By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press 
July 22, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected...
The long tradition of protecting a legacy
Opinion, Politics
July 22, 2026
She was sworn in by Sen. Charles Grassley, who is about to turn 93 and whose grandson, the speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, is a good bet to succeed him eventually. She took her brother’s...
Opinion
July 21, 2026
By KEN PAULSON Director of the Free Speech Center, Middle Tennessee State University Hazel Brannon Smith was almost certainly the most unpopular woman in Mississippi when she wrote an editorial in 196...
Featuring Trump on currency would put U.S. in rare company
Opinion
July 21, 2026
By JACQUES HYMANS Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations USC A slang term for cash money is “dead presidents.” But now the very much alive President Donald Trump ...
The world made anew
Opinion, Politics
July 21, 2026
With a whimper rather than a bang, the world has become a different place than it was in January 2021, when Donald Trump left office. Almost everything we are now told about the global status quo is m...
Opinion, Politics
July 21, 2026
WE WERE GLAD TO SEE THE PHOTO of a smiling U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., alongside his wife, Elaine Chao. The 84-year-old McConnell revealed he had been hospitalized following a rough June 14 fall...
Opinion
July 20, 2026
IT IS IMPORTANT TO DEFEND what belongs to you. Trademarks, copyrights, patents. They all do the same thing. They put a fence around intellectual property and warn against infringement. Do not use this...
Opinion
July 18, 2026
Massive wildfires are raging around the world during unprecedented heatwaves, blanketing millions of people under pungent haze caused by smoke carrying noxious gases and particulate matter that pose s...
Opinion, Politics
Support for
July 18, 2026
To the Editor: The blame game has been around forever. From the child accused of wrong-doing and placing the blame on someone else to the President of the United States Donald J. Trump. He has accumul...
The Iran war could shape American policy for decades
Opinion
July 18, 2026
The war with Iran that never really ended is back on. Like everybody else, including the Trump administration and the Iranian regime, I have no idea how it will end. But it eventually will, and how it...