Opinion
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
ROSE: It's a shame Nick McGaw is stepping away from his seat on Bloomsburg's Town Council. It probably means fewer headaches for him, but taxpayers...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
During the great Republican Depression (original title) of the 1930s, Supreme Court Justice Lewis Brandeis told the American people they must make a...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
On Oct. 9, 2025, Chris Bower, Zoning Officer for the Northern Montour Regional Planning Commission, received and made available correspondence dated...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
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America needs more workers at a time when more Americans -- especially ex-offenders -- need to work. How can the two imperatives...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
What do you get when you cross an old-school punk rocker with a chemist? Atom Ant.
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What do you call someone who investigates molten rocks? Magma...
Published on November 6, 2025 - Page 15
Here we go again. Senators who oppose the American use of military force are trying again to hamstring presidential military action. No matter what...
Published on November 6, 2025 - Page 15
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Are "lower prices on day one" working out for you? Wholesale vegetable prices rose 38% ('veggieflation') in July...
Published on November 6, 2025 - Page 15
Imagine for a moment you are in a wheelchair.
After visiting the newly constructed Wawa convenience store, you decide to take in a game at Danville's...
Published on November 6, 2025 - Page 15
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I've spent most of my adult life in elected office, first as a county clerk in Mississippi and eventually in the U.S. House of...
Published on November 5, 2025 - Page 15
Consumers expect to have choices when they shop. They make decisions based on price, packaging, brand name -- whatever strikes their fancy when...
Published on November 5, 2025 - Page 15
If you want to know why elections like yesterday's are important, it's hard to imagine a clearer example than Bloomsburg's Shade Tree Commission.
As...
Published on November 5, 2025 - Page 15
On Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, there was a letter to the editor of the P-E from Sam Burleigh regarding the Talen Energy rezoning request. There are...
Published on November 5, 2025 - Page 15
On Oct. 26, 2025, Richard Whitmire tried to rebut Robert Ridall's excellent post from Sept. 23, calling him out for having the audicity to tell the...
Published on November 5, 2025 - Page 15
In order to cover the loss of income due to the tax cuts to billionaires, and under the pretext of balancing the U.S. budget and eliminating fraud,...
Published on November 5, 2025 - Page 15
Did you know that I can cut down a dead tree just by looking at it? It's true. I saw it with my own eyes!
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What do you get when you cross a tree...
Published on November 4, 2025 - Page 16
Suddenly, Bill Gates is admitting climate change won't lead to "humanity's demise" after all.
Now he tells us, after he long joined other climate...
Published on November 4, 2025 - Page 16
Today's the day. Voting polls are open from 7 a.m. until 8 p.m.
While it might not receive the same attention as the presidential election every...
Published on November 4, 2025 - Page 16
I saw the Press Enterprise Oct. 28 article regarding Talen and Montour Area Recreation Commission (MARC). The Montour Preserve, not the rezoning and...
Published on November 4, 2025 - Page 16
( Editor's Note: This column is part of a monthly series called "The Experiment
Continues" that looks at the past 250 years of America's story.)
By...
Published on November 4, 2025 - Page 16
Q: How many sound men does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: None, soundmen don't do lights.
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Q: What's the least common phrase in the English...
Published on November 3, 2025 - Page 6
I joked to my wife that AI was in EVERYTHING now. She laughed, I laughed, the fridge laughed...
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What does an AI like to eat for breakfast? Siri-...
Published on November 3, 2025 - Page 6
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Everyone loves a bargain, a bit of financial good fortune to the buyer's advantage. When it's exceptionally good, we call it the...
Published on November 3, 2025 - Page 6
The insurance company's are screaming bloody murder because they claim there are too many vehicle deer collisions. So what does the game commission...
Published on November 2, 2025 - Page 25
A great many Americans today wonder, with good reason, whether America's democracy can survive Donald Trump's presidency.
Now it's becoming...
Published on November 2, 2025 - Page 25
ROSE: The staff at the Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech School could hardly be blamed if they’re feeling a bit bruised. The school has become something of a...
Published on November 2, 2025 - Page 25
As a certified sexologist with the American Board of Sexology, with a master's degree in human sexuality education, having completed all but the...
Published on November 2, 2025 - Page 25
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My love of sports began when I was a toddler. Now, I'm 68, and my passion is in jeopardy. I grew up watching the Denver Broncos and...
Published on November 1, 2025 - Page 8
Like the one-sided bromance it always was, the Trump-Putin relationship is officially on the rocks -- for now at least -- with President Trump...
Published on November 1, 2025 - Page 8
ROSE: After 25 years of service to Berwick, Police Chief Ken Strish retires today, and takes with him the community's gratitude.
Strish was in the...
Published on November 1, 2025 - Page 8
I spent part of my childhood on Bloomsburg's East Third Street, but now I live in a working-class San Francisco neighborhood. Educators (like me),...