Opinion

Published on November 17, 2025 - Page 6
InsideSources.com On the day of the nationwide protests under the banner "No Kings," something remarkable occurred: Despite deep divisions and the...
Published on November 17, 2025 - Page 6
( EDITOR'S NOTE : Holy Cow History is on vacation this week, so we're printing a column originally written in March 2021 we haven't yet run.) By J....
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 21
Since the re-election of Donald Trump last November, a demoralised Democratic party has struggled to reverse a palpable sense of downward momentum....
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 21
ROSE: Northwest Area School District officials are contemplating one of the most difficult decisions educators are ever called on to make: closing a...
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 21
Last night, I chanced upon a Veterans Day tribute on PBS. It was a reflection on World War I. The show ended with the origin of the Tomb of the...
Published on November 16, 2025 - Page 21
InsideSources.com Over the last few months, the food industry has sent a clear message: healthier, simpler and more nutritious products are no longer...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 6
The Food and Drug Administration shouldn't be in the news if it's doing its job right. By that measure the FDA is failing in spectacular fashion. The...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 6
ROSE: By law, zoning ordinances must allow for every kind of human activity, even those considered by some to be noxious. So it behooves local...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 6
I'm an Independent. I see Trump as an independent businessman. No politician can do what Trump has done. To correct the damage Democrats did to our...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 6
I have become "the enemy within," an enemy of the people as charged by Lord Protector of what is American, Donald J. Proof of my guilt you ask? My...
Published on November 15, 2025 - Page 6
As a healthy, established agrarian and rural community, we can ill afford to sacrifice productive farmlands and rural lifestyle on the altar of...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
The winds of war, and the manpower and machines to unleash them, are gathering rapidly around Venezuela. In January 2003, this editorial board...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
ROSE: After revelations about secret meetings and the signing of non-disclosure agreements by public officials who then lied about it, disappointed...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
The election has passed and once again, for the fourth year in a row, our twin college students have had their ability to vote compromised. Our...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
Are you concerned about a data center being built in your community? Remember when we said our data was being stored "in the cloud?" The cloud is...
Published on November 14, 2025 - Page 16
To Pete "I like 30 Seconds because it sells papers" Kendron. Make up your own headline, you always do. You told me only one letter to the editor per...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
In a landmark deal, President Donald Trump negotiated dramatically lower costs for weight-loss drugs produced by pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
The 50-year mortgage idea floated recently by the Trump Administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency director -- and backed by the president -- as...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
I am a veteran. I speak only for myself but I suspect there may be some of my brothers and sisters out there who will share my sentiments and some...
Published on November 13, 2025 - Page 15
My concern is the request for the rezoning of hundreds of acres of land in Anthony Township, Montour County from Agriculture to Industrial. I still...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
When the Trump administration's war on drugs came to Franklin, New Hampshire, the coordinated raids -- complete with flash-bang grenades -- were...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
A case now wending its way through federal court shows the power local code enforcers can have over property owners. While those enforcers sometimes...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
Serving as Judge is one of the greatest honors of my professional life, and I am truly grateful for the trust placed in me to carry out that...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
I assert that it is self evident that Donald J. Trump is and always has been too lazy and too stupid to have ever done his due diligence on anything...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
A friend recently brought Mr. Whitmire's mind boggling list of credentials to my attention. As it turns out he's a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,...
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
What do you get if you cross broccoli with a vampire? Count Broccula. *** Which type of vegetable always gets jealous? A green bean. *** What type...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
In the final months of World War II, as Allied forces pushed toward victory in Europe, the borough of Berwick received heartbreaking news: Pfc. Peter...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
InsideSources.com Given the physical demands of military service, it's no surprise several of America's prominent veterans also were star athletes....
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
The picture painted by the Columbia-Montour Aging Office is a stark one: With no state aid in the past six months because of the budget showdown in...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
I always feel a bit melancholy on Veterans Day. I miss brothers who are no longer with us, those who I've lost touch with and while I don't miss the...