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Published on June 19, 2013 - Page 13
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...
Published on June 19, 2013 - Page 13
“It is transparent. That’s why we set up the FISA court.”
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
Defending two surveillance programs that track U.S.-based phone...
Published on June 19, 2013 - Page 13
Once again, federal regulators have uncovered a problem at the Susquehanna nuclear plant near Berwick.
Once again, PPL has responded by saying that...
Published on June 19, 2013 - Page 13
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column by Richard Cohen of The Washington Post.
I have written so many columns about the Syrian civil war they are...
Published on June 19, 2013 - Page 13
Even if you never enter an airport, your hard-earned dollars are paying big salaries and big benefits to thousands of federal TSA workers.
How many...
Published on June 18, 2013 - Page 15
The Columbia County Veterans were organized about 10 years ago for one purpose, to serve only the local schools. Most of the original members have...
Published on June 18, 2013 - Page 15
An urgent prayer request from our church said: “Please pray for Private Caleb Hemmen and his family. Caleb’s mother is Carla McGill; his sister is...
Published on June 18, 2013 - Page 15
On June 14 I was privileged to attend the local Red Cross Chapters’ Heroes Breakfast and present awards to two local police officers, Sgt. Mike...
Published on June 18, 2013 - Page 15
If you’re a property owner who dreads opening your mail in July, you’re not alone. Not long after we celebrate Independence Day, there arrives in the...
Published on June 18, 2013 - Page 15
Most of President Barack Obama’s conservative critics fairly lament the limited benefits from the “stimulus” plan he helped push through Congress in...
Published on June 17, 2013 - Page 6
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...
Published on June 17, 2013 - Page 6
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column in The Washington Post by Michael Gerson.
A number of libertarians and conservative populists have found...
Published on June 17, 2013 - Page 6
ROSE: Moved by the plight of a young bear that somehow got a jar stuck on its head, a lot of people in beautiful northern Columbia County were on the...
Published on June 16, 2013 - Page 25
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...
Published on June 16, 2013 - Page 25
It seems that the scandals just keep on coming. First, Americans are abandoned to die in a terrorist attack in Benghazi and the American people are...
Published on June 16, 2013 - Page 25
The administration will do anything to avoid a “frog in the pot” situation, what with the heat of scandals increasing almost daily.
The “I didn’t...
Published on June 16, 2013 - Page 25
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column by Nick Gillespie at reason.com.
In the first flush of stories about how the National Security Agency is...
Published on June 16, 2013 - Page 25
ROSE: Shickshinny is a community that’s suffered more than its share of indignities: repeated flooding, the loss of its elementary school, that...
Published on June 16, 2013 - Page 25
“Twenty-five years I’ve been giving haircuts, and no one died on me.”
Anthony Cymerys
Barber, 82, of Hartford, Conn., on being banned by officials...
Published on June 15, 2013 - Page 21
and Dr. Michael Young
“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin bequeathed this...