Opinion
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
Friday, Oct. 26, at 5 p.m. is the deadline for submitting letters to the editor or comments to 30 Seconds about the Nov. 6 election. Letters and...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
Nationwide polls show that Americans are most worried about having affordable, comprehensive health care. In 2010, congressional Democrats created...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column at nationalreview.com by Ben Shapiro. Former astronaut Scott Kelly recently got himself into hot water with...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
When are we going to see Linda Tarlecki in handcuffs? That seems the only question left to be answered in the wake of audits that show massive...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
Sgt. Scott Sienkiewicz received a metaphorical Rose here Sunday for arresting the ex-borough manager on drunken driving charges without fear of or...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem. A small child replied, “They couldn’t get a...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
In March of 2014, novelist Scott Westerfield posted a Tweet that perfectly and depressingly captures the state of public discourse on climate change...
Published on October 16, 2018 - Page 20
“Please.” “Thank you.” My mother called those “The magic words.” First, “Thank you.” September 2018 marked the 20th anniversary of CampEmerge, our...
Published on October 15, 2018 - Page 6
“Most people lead with their ego, but you lead with your heart.” Beyonce Paying homage to Jon Platta, CEO of Warner/Chappell Music Publishing, who...
Published on October 15, 2018 - Page 6
Your cell phone screen shows that the call is from Bloomsburg or Berwick or Danville. No matter what you’re doing, you figure you’d better stop and...
Published on October 15, 2018 - Page 6
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), a vulnerable red state Democrat, condemned Hillary Clinton’s remark last Tuesday to CNN that “you cannot be civil with a...
Published on October 14, 2018 - Page 13
The letter by Ms. Madden (Oct. 7) is repulsively misleading, filled with fallacies such as Social Security, which the Democrats did initiate, but...
Published on October 14, 2018 - Page 13
Nobody goes there to eat anymore,” the legendary baseball star and malaproprist Yogi Berra once said about a St. Louis restaurant. “It’s too crowded...
Published on October 14, 2018 - Page 13
Had enough rain? Rohrsburg Road near where I live has been closed three times this year due to flooding? Had to fix your driveway due to washouts...
Published on October 14, 2018 - Page 13
THORN: People run for public office hoping to accomplish good things, but sometimes their well-intentioned agendas get rewritten by events no one...
Published on October 14, 2018 - Page 13
The Pennsylvania General Assembly recently passed HB2060, a bill that will promptly and securely disarm dangerous domestic abusers. This common-sense...
Published on October 14, 2018 - Page 13
A couple of nuns were shopping at a 7-11. As they passed the beer cooler, the one said, “Wouldn’t a nice, cool beer or two taste wonderful on a hot...
Published on October 13, 2018 - Page 10
“He’s such a jerk!” … ”She doesn’t know what in the world she’s talking about!” … “How could they possibly support that idiot?” Are these … and much...
Published on October 13, 2018 - Page 10
One Sunday morning, the minister decided to try something different. “Today,” he said, “I’m going to say a single word and you are going to help me...
Published on October 13, 2018 - Page 10
A favorite bromide of the Left is tolerance. Tolerance to them, of course, is complete and total agreement with their view of America. Deviate from...