Opinion

Published on April 28, 2025 - Page 6

Pennsylvania has 67 counties, 500 school districts and 2,560 municipalities. With each step down that ladder, there are more and more opportunities...

Published on April 28, 2025 - Page 6

A journalist in celebrity clothing

Springtime in Washington is famous for two things: the Japanese cherry blossoms and the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. It's...

Published on April 27, 2025 - Page 25

Pope made deep impact

In a time roiled with fear, division and rancor, the loss of Pope Francis is a cruel and stunning blow. The pontiff -- who died early Monday morning...

Published on April 27, 2025 - Page 25

ROSES AND THORNS

ROSE: One thing just about anyone in any job appreciates is a boss who has your back. The guys who work for the Danville Municipal Authority...

Published on April 27, 2025 - Page 25

Who were the boat people?

In the picture, there were two people, one of whom was unaware of her refugee history and a Vietnam ambassador in the U.S. who was trying to erase...

Published on April 27, 2025 - Page 25

Airing a grievance of gas spouts

American entrepreneurs have saved my grass-mowing season. You see, my grass is finally lush and green and growing like wildflowers, which means I...

Published on April 26, 2025 - Page 15

Let Native names stay

Memo to the stick-in-the-mud Karens at the (New York) State Education Department: Let Massapequa High School keep on being the "Chiefs." As even many...

Published on April 26, 2025 - Page 15

ROSES AND THORNS

ROSE: Today’s a busy one in Bloomsburg: Renaissance Jamboree downtown and Block Party on Fetterman Avenue. To the young people coming here to party,...

Published on April 26, 2025 - Page 15

Thanks for a ‘soup’-er event

The Second "Greater Benton Area Soup Cook-Off" was a HUGE success, even more so than the first, held last year. It pitted local restaurants and...

Published on April 26, 2025 - Page 15

Cities’ parking games must end

and Daryl James InsideSources.com Seconds count when Philadelphia enforces parking, which University of Pennsylvania graduate student Adama Berndt...

Published on April 26, 2025 - Page 15

Food funnies

What does a condiment wizard perform? Saucery. *** What did the coffee report to the police? A mugging. *** Where do you learn to make a banana split...

Published on April 25, 2025 - Page 15

Pattern of skipping due process is concerning

History, as the saying goes, has a way of rhyming. So it is worth noting as the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Revolution -- that world-...

Published on April 25, 2025 - Page 15

ROSES AND THORNS

ROSE: All we'll ever know about the generous donor who settled unpaid cafeteria debts for Central Columbia students is she's a "sweet, sweet elderly...

Published on April 25, 2025 - Page 15

Shapiro responds to fire

( EDITOR'S NOTE : The following are excerpts of Gov. Josh Shapiro's account of the night an arsonist struck Pennsylvania's governor mansion. It was...

Published on April 25, 2025 - Page 15

Mass deportations will harm the U.S.

The Cultural and Religious Alliance of the Association for Inclusion, Respect and Equity deplores the Trump administration's prejudicial,...

Published on April 24, 2025 - Page 15

Tariffs are going to cost U.S. even more

One economic policy mistake invariably leads to another to compensate for the damage from the first. The latest example are reports the Trump...

Published on April 24, 2025 - Page 15

System failed when abuse was reported

A mother and her daughter did everything right 13 years ago when they reported a case of alleged sexual abuse to the Briar Creek Township Police. So...

Published on April 24, 2025 - Page 15

Make America Happy Again

InsideSources.com History has repeated with Donald Trump's journey back to the White House, trumpeted by the widely embraced "Make America Great...

Published on April 24, 2025 - Page 15

Stop with all the political slogans

InsideSources.com We have all seen and experienced the intense polarization in today's society. It is everywhere around us. People seem less and less...

Published on April 24, 2025 - Page 15

Let’s get a little goofy

When two vegans get in an argument, is it still called a beef? *** Why did the egg hide? It was a little chicken.

Published on April 23, 2025 - Page 15

Trump needs to pivot back to Ukraine

It's been only about nine weeks since President Donald Trump began his stunning pivot toward Moscow, reversing the U.S. policy of support for Ukraine...

Published on April 23, 2025 - Page 15

Proposed bill would lead to fewer doubts

Last fall, Pennsylvania was one of the linchpins of the nation's presidential race, and its results were held up in part because one county hadn't...

Published on April 23, 2025 - Page 15

Scamming the scammers

A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted by telephone scammers. "Grandma," said a young man pretending to be her grandson, Jerrod, "I'm...

Published on April 23, 2025 - Page 15

‘New World Order’ is everywhere

When a human being is reduced to being labelled a migrant or illegal immigrant, it sends a red flag up the pole of a sentient society. The reality...

Published on April 23, 2025 - Page 15

Jests, jokes and jeers

Why did the coffee taste like dirt? Because it was ground just a few minutes ago. *** Who won the neck decorating contest? It was a tie. *** What did...