Opinion

Published on November 2, 2025 - Page 25
InsideSources.com 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),...
Published on November 1, 2025 - Page 8
As Talen Energy and its associates continue to push rezoning of land in Montour County, they continue to manipulate the public and the public...
Published on November 1, 2025 - Page 8
Why are monsters so into astrology? They love reading their horror-scope. *** What happens if you forget to pay your exorcist? You get repossessed...
Published on October 31, 2025 - Page 18
Is "three" the new "two?" Consumer prices notched another 3% year-on-year increase in September, according to data published recently from the Bureau...
Published on October 31, 2025 - Page 18
ROSE: It is our right as citizens of the United States "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." It's not exactly a "grievance" that'...
Published on October 31, 2025 - Page 18
Here is another story to add to the growing list of screw-ups by the Luzerne County Board of Elections (LCBE). I reviewed my mail-in ballot when I...
Published on October 31, 2025 - Page 18
It's a gut-level revulsion. It stirs hatred and frustration in me. It has me wondering if we'll be around long enough to see movement away from such...
Published on October 31, 2025 - Page 18
Halloween has lost its punch. That's according to pop culture expert Robert Thompson, trustee professor and founding director of the Bleier Center...
Published on October 31, 2025 - Page 18
How did the zombie become great a trick or treating? Dead-ication. *** How do vampires get around on Halloween? On blood vessels. *** Why don't...
Published on October 30, 2025 - Page 15
The gerrymandering doom spiral is gaining downward momentum, exactly as expected. Virginia is poised to become the second state, after California,...
Published on October 30, 2025 - Page 15
'They thought it was just a party drug," said Bloomsburg Police Chief Mike Fosse. He was talking about the cocaine three Bloomsburg University...
Published on October 30, 2025 - Page 15
I remember being represented by a congressman who wasn't afraid to meet with constituents in a public setting. Matt Cartwright regularly scheduled "...
Published on October 30, 2025 - Page 15
In its Oct. 27, 2025, letter to the Montour Area Recreation Commission, Talen Energy offered around $78,000 to support priority projects at the...
Published on October 30, 2025 - Page 15
To those insisting Charlie Kirk hated the LGBTQ, Charlie, when speaking to a gay conservative -- Charlie: "First of all, welcome to the conservative...
Published on October 29, 2025 - Page 15
'He did WHAT to the East Wing?" If someone called me up at work and said "I knocked down half of your house, and will be installing a pool in your...
Published on October 29, 2025 - Page 15
Last week, Pennsylvania Attorney General Jeff Sunday announced seven people had been charged with voter registration fraud. His investigators had...
Published on October 29, 2025 - Page 15
InsideSources.com President Trump has done what many said could never be done: he delivered peace in the Middle East. After decades of bloodshed and...
Published on October 29, 2025 - Page 15
The reason for the continued government shutdown is twofold: 1. Trump wants to use the shutdown to fire federal employees in federal agencies...
Published on October 28, 2025 - Page 6
That wailing sound you hear drifting across the Atlantic are the cries of climate activists as London weighs a big step away from net-zero insanity....
Published on October 28, 2025 - Page 6
A Judicial Ethics Board opinion puts in writing what we've known for years -- Facebook friends aren't necessarily your friends. It's a lesson that...
Published on October 28, 2025 - Page 6
InsideSources.com Folks, our kids are in trouble! Trouble with a capital "T," and that stands for... trading cards? Every decade or so, America is...
Published on October 28, 2025 - Page 6
InsideSources.com I'm writing a family memoir, and when it came to the topic of my mother-in-law, my 31-year-old son said to me, "You know what's...
Published on October 27, 2025 - Page 6
The cease-fire in Gaza broke down at least temporarily last weekend as Hamas killed two Israeli soldiers in the south of the territory and Israel...
Published on October 27, 2025 - Page 6
By J. Mark Powell InsideSources.com The spookiest time of the year is upon us once more as our attention turns to jack-o'-lanterns, black cats and...
Published on October 27, 2025 - Page 6
A good magician's assistant is hard to find. They're highly sawed after. *** How do magicians stay cool in the summer? They use their sleight of fan...
Published on October 26, 2025 - Page 25
The U.S. Department of Defense -- newly renamed the Department of War by the Trump administration -- has opted to wage its first war of the new era...
Published on October 26, 2025 - Page 25
ROSE: The World Series has begun, and our Sports staff has hit a couple of home runs in recent weeks with stories in our Friday Playbook about some...