Opinion
Published on November 12, 2014 - Page 6
“If we pushed someone who’s stayed in Detroit to suddenly hit the road and move to Chicago, would that person suddenly do better? Or has that person...
Published on November 12, 2014 - Page 6
Saturday, Nov. 8, I attended and participated in the Bloomsburg Veterans Day parade. The organizers and sponsors did a wonderful job honoring the...
Published on November 11, 2014 - Page 15
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another in a monthly series of columns by the Columbia County Farm Bureau about “The State of Agriculture.” By CHARLIE...
Published on November 11, 2014 - Page 15
So-called dark-money groups spent 27 percent more on this year’s elections than they did in 2010, thanks to reckless Supreme Court decisions and...
Published on November 11, 2014 - Page 15
Luzerne County just can’t seem to get government right. The old commissioner system was jettisoned in 2012 amid scandal after ex-NFL lineman Greg...
Published on November 11, 2014 - Page 15
Many thanks to Danville State employee Theresa Long for taking advantage of the opportunity at the Geisinger Forum at Rolling Pines to ask questions...
Published on November 11, 2014 - Page 15
On behalf of Bloomsburg University’s Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) Chapter, I would like to thank everyone who helped make the 2nd Annual Color Your...
Published on November 10, 2014 - Page 6
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column by Michael Gerson in The Washington Post. Barack Obama is a gifted politician. But a president is judged by...
Published on November 10, 2014 - Page 6
ROSE: Gary Beveridge arrived at court last Monday with a new look. Gone was the carefully coiffed and dyed rock-star hair. Good move, because a ’do...
Published on November 9, 2014 - Page 24
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a post-election column by Ann Coulter, author of “Never Trust a Liberal Over 3 — Especially a Republican.”
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Published on November 9, 2014 - Page 24
THORN: There’s no end, it seems, to the official shenanigans in Shickshinny. The latest is evidence in a drug case that’s mysteriously gone missing...
Published on November 9, 2014 - Page 24
Why is there so much confusion about marriage? Is the meaning of marriage a mystery? The Bible pictures marriage as something more than a human...
Published on November 9, 2014 - Page 24
I found several interesting points from the recent mid-term elections worth noting. (1) Utah has just elected its first black, female, Mormon,...
Published on November 9, 2014 - Page 24
I often wonder why the Muslims and the people that originated in the central Asia area seem to be fixated upon the Greco-Roman and the European...
Published on November 9, 2014 - Page 24
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 23
It requires deep digging to find an upside to the pornographic email scandal that forced former state Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery to...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 23
ROSE: The unsung heroes of our industry are the many independent delivery people who work overnight, in all kinds of weather, 365 days a year to make...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 23
For women who make their living off tips, sexual harassment is a constant workplace peril. At a popular sit-down restaurant in Independence,...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 23
On Sept. 15, something happened that has not occurred in recent memory: the state’s General Fund balance dipped below zero – a historic low for this...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 23
“It will not go down as a good first date. But at least he got his wallet and his $2 back.”
POLICE Sgt. Dan Kraus On Jeffrey Mack’s first date —and...
Published on November 8, 2014 - Page 23
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...
Published on November 7, 2014 - Page 25
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column by Christine M. Flowers in the Philadelphia Daily News. I remember, as a child, watching “Ben-Hur” and...
Published on November 7, 2014 - Page 25
“For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” — Luke 12:48...
Published on November 7, 2014 - Page 25
In response to the editorial entitled “Raccoon’s Death Seems Senseless,” published in the Press Enterprise on Thursday, the following is offered for...
Published on November 7, 2014 - Page 25
Enjoyed John Harter’s letter in the Press Enterprise and would like to add a few more of my own: I remember when it cost 12 cents to go the movies...
Published on November 7, 2014 - Page 25
EDITOR’S NOTE: Excerpts from a column by Ron Miller of Investor’s Business Daily. In 2008, federal immigration enforcement officials descended on...
Published on November 7, 2014 - Page 25
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or...
Published on November 6, 2014 - Page 9
At 10-0, Tali Wehner of Bloomsburg stands alone among 182 contestants in Week 10 of our Punt, Pass and Pick contest. Just one week after 65...
Published on November 6, 2014 - Page 25
Under cover of night and in the final moments of the legislative session, lawmakers in Harrisburg robbed Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and other...
Published on November 6, 2014 - Page 25
Safe to say, Walt Disney Studios is never going to make a feel-good movie based on the warm-hearted folks at the Pennsylvania Game Commission. In...