Opinion
Published on November 12, 2025 - Page 16
What do you get if you cross broccoli with a vampire? Count Broccula.
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Which type of vegetable always gets jealous? A green bean.
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What type...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
In the final months of World War II, as Allied forces pushed toward victory in Europe, the borough of Berwick received heartbreaking news: Pfc. Peter...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
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Given the physical demands of military service, it's no surprise several of America's prominent veterans also were star athletes....
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
The picture painted by the Columbia-Montour Aging Office is a stark one: With no state aid in the past six months because of the budget showdown in...
Published on November 11, 2025 - Page 16
I always feel a bit melancholy on Veterans Day. I miss brothers who are no longer with us, those who I've lost touch with and while I don't miss the...
Published on November 10, 2025 - Page 6
President Trump has played fast and loose with federal law during the current government shutdown to fund the things he considers important. He has...
Published on November 10, 2025 - Page 6
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Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, they say. And as one instance showed, they come in all ages, too.
In many ways, Calvin Graham'...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
The diverging verdicts offered by the Chinese and American leaders after their talks in South Korea reflected more than the chasms between their...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
ROSE: The seemingly senseless shooting of a teenager last weekend in Bloomsburg was one of the most shocking crimes in recent memory. Random gunplay...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
Kristi Noem, secretary of homeland security, compared Antifa to groups like ISIS and Hamas during a conservative media event in early October,...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
For the 12th year in a row (minus the pandemic year of 2020 when we celebrated virtually), hundreds of people in Bloomsburg marked the Halloween...
Published on November 9, 2025 - Page 21
The Trump administration has learned from Netanyahu and Gaza. Take away hope from the people and replace it with fear. Fear they will not be safe;...
Published on November 8, 2025 - Page 6
Why was the artichoke so generous? It had a big heart!
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Why did the vegetable call the plumber? It had a leek.
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What's a vegetable's favorite...
Published on November 8, 2025 - Page 6
ROSE: As we've said here many times, it's all too easy for most of us to take our volunteer fire companies for granted.
To remedy that, think for a...
Published on November 7, 2025 - Page 6
You know there's a problem when scientists in the United States increasingly see European bureaucracy as a safer setting for conducting their cutting...
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...