Opinion
Published on March 27, 2024 - Page 6
Berwick's qualification for another round in the Blueprint Community program is welcome news.
One need wander no farther than Lasalle, Monroe and...
Published on March 26, 2024 - Page 6
Pennsylvania school districts and the communities in which they reside could benefit from a special, mandatory four-session course required by the...
Published on March 26, 2024 - Page 6
Gov. Josh Shapiro traveled from Harrisburg to Scranton earlier this month to unveil Pennsylvania's new plan to fight climate change.
We wish he'd...
Published on March 26, 2024 - Page 6
At a high school in America, there was a class of 26 special students. These students did not have good biographies.
One used to inject drugs, one...
Published on March 26, 2024 - Page 6
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America's solar manufacturing industry is heading for disaster, even though installations of solar panels are growing.
The problem...
Published on March 25, 2024 - Page 6
Where does a majority of a hockey player's salary come from? The tooth fairy.
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What happens if Usain Bolt misses his bus? He waits for it at the...
Published on March 25, 2024 - Page 6
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Pick up any American history textbook, and you'll read about "the day that will live in infamy." You know, Japan's devastating...
Published on March 24, 2024 - Page 25
The SAT and ACT are making a small but important comeback after the tests were widely dropped as a requirement for college applications during the...
Published on March 24, 2024 - Page 25
ROSE: Now that Bloomsburg's pool has been completely redone -- and very nicely, we might add -- it makes sense to make the most of it. So town...
Published on March 24, 2024 - Page 25
If you're like most parents, you make sure your kids eat a healthy breakfast before sending them off to school. You would never dream of filling them...
Published on March 24, 2024 - Page 25
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The National Retail Federation's latest "State of Retail & the Consumer" report forecasts retail sales will reach nearly $5.3...
Published on March 23, 2024 - Page 6
As the days get longer and the weather warms, our thoughts turn to spring pastimes like gardening, baseball and waiting in traffic as roadwork season...
Published on March 23, 2024 - Page 6
ROSE: Stephen Jones, a 1983 graduate of Bloomsburg University, has donated $7 million to what is now Commonwealth University. Such generosity...
Published on March 23, 2024 - Page 6
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The Chinese Communist Party in Beijing is nervous -- and it ought to be. The U.S. Congress has targeted a significant tool the CCP...
Published on March 23, 2024 - Page 6
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The recent move by the House of Representatives to advance legislation forcing ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok...
Published on March 23, 2024 - Page 6
What's the difference between a social media influencer and a bench? One can support a family.
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What's the opposite of social media? Social life...
Published on March 22, 2024 - Page 15
Pennsylvania's system for funding cyber charter schools sucks money out of public schools and deposits it in vast reserves for private online...
Published on March 22, 2024 - Page 15
ROSE: There's been so much real estate news locally these past weeks -- almost all of it positive -- let's review:
* In Salem Township, Talen is...
Published on March 22, 2024 - Page 15
I've voted in more presidential elections than I care to admit. Some of my preferred candidates won, some didn't. But I never doubted that each...
Published on March 22, 2024 - Page 15
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The GOP presidential primary contest is over. Donald Trump won 27 of the first 29 contests, and his last serious challenger, Nikki...
Published on March 22, 2024 - Page 15
What term do we use for a group of strawberries playing guitar? A jam session.
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What kind of nuts always seems to have a cold? Cashews!
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What...
Published on March 21, 2024 - Page 18
The slow gears of government frustrate business, but they turn a little more quickly if you threaten to starve the machine.
Take a look at...
Published on March 21, 2024 - Page 18
It seems our local officials need an education in the state Sunshine Law, which requires the public's business be conducted in public.
First in...
Published on March 21, 2024 - Page 18
Every year on March 30, we recognize and celebrate our physicians during National Doctors' Day. On this special day, we pay tribute to the remarkable...
Published on March 21, 2024 - Page 18
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For the typical American, paying federal income taxes is the most boring -- and terrifying -- thing we do every year.
It's boring...
Published on March 21, 2024 - Page 18
What did the flower say after he told a joke? "I was just pollen your leg!"
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Why do flowers always drive so fast? They put the petal to the metal...
Published on March 20, 2024 - Page 15
As if to prove every rule has an exception, the usually dysfunctional Republican-majority House of Representatives has at least one sensible piece of...
Published on March 20, 2024 - Page 15
In the United States, we say we value free markets.
A recent court case has the potential to give the free market a chance to make one of the most...
Published on March 20, 2024 - Page 15
It seems that so many people like to hide behind the virtuous cry of "protecting the children" these days when it comes to things they just don't...
Published on March 20, 2024 - Page 15
As the federal government lurches toward a fiscal cliff, the states are saying enough is enough. We must not experience a fiscal crisis to end this...