Opinion
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 21
The trade war we are now fighting with the United States -- a war we never wanted -- is a momentous test for our country.
The cost of living, already...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 21
ROSE: For most of us, advanced math might as well be Mars. It's so far beyond our grasp, we just know we're not going.
But it now seems possible...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 21
Once again, I feel it necessary to provide a Civics lesson to those among us that never had a Civics course and those who have forgotten the Civics...
Published on February 9, 2025 - Page 21
Abolish the Department of Education.
Control the Panama Canal.
Defang the mullahs of Iran.
Do those issues sound familiar?
I'm not talking about what...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 16
Rumors are swirling in Washington about the next targets of the Department of Government Efficiency. On Jan. 20, President Trump commissioned the...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 16
ROSE: We wish Central Columbia freshman Charlotte Anne Monahon nothing but success as she trains for the National Triathlon Championship in Milwaukee...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 16
For decades, birthright citizenship has vexed Republicans, Democrats and constitutional scholars. President Donald Trump's executive order described...
Published on February 8, 2025 - Page 16
InsideSources.com
Diversity-Equity-and-Inclusion initiatives, while conceived with good intentions, have increasingly become a double-edged sword....
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 15
There is little in President Donald Trump’s flirtation with a trade war that makes sense. His ostensible reason for imposing a new 25% tariff on...
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 15
ROSE: Danville's council members, some of whom are also firefighters, have advice for borough businesses: Consider investing in an external key safe...
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 15
If you’d read the Press Enterprise, Tuesday, Feb. 4, page 6 AP article titled, “Closing USAID sets off Democrats,” and were satisfied you’d gotten...
Published on February 7, 2025 - Page 15
Violent, vindicative, petty. These adjectives, long associated with Trump, have already been in the news since he took office.
Regarding violence,...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 15
As national eyes focus on the midair collision of a commercial plane with a military helicopter over the Potomac River, concerns remain about how to...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 15
Ever since the COVID pandemic, we've heard about its effect on children's education.
And it's clear the educational system may have caught a case of...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 15
At the funeral of the president Jimmy Carter, the younger Carter painted the 39th president as a regular "Paw Paw" from a tiny village who was able...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 15
How many of you voted Elon Musk as the Supreme Leader of the United States last November? How many of you know that Elon Musk is now in control of...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 15
What kind of fish do penguins catch at night? Starfish.
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What bites but doesn't have teeth? Frost.
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What happens when you catch a cold? You get...
Published on February 6, 2025 - Page 15
I am writing to extend my sincere gratitude for the outstanding "Cars We Remember" articles by Greg Zyla in the "WHEELS" section of the Sunday paper...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 6
As Donald Trump's tariff play against Mexico and Canada continues to unfold, it's important for the president to remember his own most famous concept...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 6
Perhaps Columbia County could be a model for our nation at large when it comes to problem solving.
Two weeks after a Democratic county commissioner...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 6
International Space Station (ISS): Hello, Houston, Starliner crew Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams here. Any word on when we can return home?...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 6
There's a scene in the movie "Fargo" where a character is sitting on her cozy couch contentedly knitting as a sinister figure appears at a sliding...
Published on February 5, 2025 - Page 6
Why are piggy banks so wise? They're filled with common cents.
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What happens when a strawberry gets run over crossing the street? Traffic jam...
Published on February 4, 2025 - Page 16
President Trump fired his first tariff salvo on Saturday against those notorious American adversaries... Mexico and Canada. They'll get hit with a 25...
Published on February 4, 2025 - Page 16
Bloomsburg is a "hot spot" in Pennsylvania when it comes to human trafficking, according to the FBI -- according to an officer trained in spotting...
Published on February 4, 2025 - Page 16
Alas, the time has come. There's a new king in town; Humpty-Dumpty-Trumpty and his court of merry jesters are here to save us working slobs from all...
Published on February 4, 2025 - Page 16
Enabled by a right-wing Republican Congress and a partisan Supreme Court, our government is now chaotically led by a new American tyrant, Donald...
Published on February 3, 2025 - Page 6
What has more letters than the alphabet? The post office!
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Shout out to my fingers. I can count on all of them.
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I once got fired from a canned...
Published on February 3, 2025 - Page 6
InsideSources.com
Gilbert Bates was getting madder by the minute. The 31-year-old farmer was chewing the fat with a neighbor in November 1867. The...
Published on February 2, 2025 - Page 21
Oil and gas production in the United States is hitting record highs, easily outpacing consumption growth and fueling an export boom that in 2020...