Opinion
Poverty, Violence and Spiritual Wildfires | Robert C. Koehler
“They take advantage of that opportunity and they shoot into a crowd, no matter who they hit.”
Opinion
Honestly Looking at Family Values | Wim Laven
A recent look at the GOP’s platform on immigration was quite heartbreaking; they want to break up and…
Opinion
Politicians Less Than Frank About Their Use of Franking | Blair Bess
Let’s be frank. Congressional incumbents seeking re-election have a distinct advantage over their opponents. One of those advantages…
Opinion
Under Trump, It’s Easy To Like Ike | John L. Micek
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The golf clubs in the laundry room at the rear of Dwight Eisenhower’s farmhouse here…
News
Rolfes honored by fire chiefs
State Sen. Christine Rolfes has been awarded the 2018 Honorary Fire Chiefs Award for her work to fund…
Opinion
Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Awful, But There’s a Better Alternative than the Establishment’s Version | Lawrence Wittner
Since the advent of the Trump administration, large numbers of Americans have been aghast at its narrow nationalist…
Opinion
Let’s Tax the Rich | Lawrence Wittner
Whatever happened to the notion that rich people should pay their fair share of the cost for their…
Opinion
Border Security: Wall vs. Principles | Robert C. Koehler
Consider the limited thinking that produces a concept such as “border security.”
Opinion
The Cummington Story | Richie Davis
The little red house in the hill town of Cummington, Mass. (pop. 800) sits not far along Main…
Opinion
WEA insists ‘the money is there’ | The Petri Dish
Teacher salaries are soaring as the Washington Education Association predicted they would.
Opinion
While Rome (and Most Everywhere Else) Burns | Mel Gurtov
By now we’re accustomed to learning that every year brings record high temperatures around the world.
Opinion
The Trump Show Returns to Pennsylvania | John L. Micek
WILKES-BARRE TWP, Pa. - In a test of his election year clout, President Donald Trump returned a familiar…
Opinion
Donald Trump and ‘The Death of Truth’ | Dick Polman
The lies rain down on us so relentlessly that we’re often benumbed. Shortly after Donald Trump tweeted last…