Opinion
Published on October 1, 2025 - Page 15
There's an old saying, often ascribed to Mark Twain: "It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just...
Published on October 1, 2025 - Page 15
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On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Trump administration is rewriting...
Published on October 1, 2025 - Page 15
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President Trump is right. The Smithsonian is "out of control." And it should be a concern to all Americans, whether you agree with...
Published on September 30, 2025 - Page 16
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction: That law holds in politics as much as in physics.
Yet Democrats are now squawking about President...
Published on September 30, 2025 - Page 16
If we're serious about rehabilitating those who have served their time in jail, a plan to build apartments to house recently paroled inmates should...
Published on September 30, 2025 - Page 16
Open letter to Sen. Dave McCormick, copy to Sen. John Fetterman.
The report that the Secretary of Defense has summoned all top leaders of the US...
Published on September 30, 2025 - Page 16
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It is always tempting to be gloomy about China's domination of the world's mineral supply. China is the top producer of two-thirds...
Published on September 30, 2025 - Page 16
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Large nonprofit hospitals are distorting the healthcare system by engaging in pricing that increases costs on taxpayers. Our nation...
Published on September 29, 2025 - Page 6
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had it right when they gave us a lesson in song back in 1949.
"You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" was an...
Published on September 29, 2025 - Page 6
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Of all the forgotten tales brought back to life in this column, this one may be the most obscure of all. You'll have to dig deep...
Published on September 29, 2025 - Page 6
Have you heard the one about the runaway horse? It's a terrible tale of WHOA!
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Where do horses go when they're sick? The horsepital.
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Which...
Published on September 28, 2025 - Page 21
President Trump is tired of globalists' exploitation of Western societies. Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, the president offered...
Published on September 28, 2025 - Page 21
ROSE: In 1875, Alexander Graham Bell, only 28, confirms his idea for what he calls "electric speech" works, setting the stage for an invention that...
Published on September 28, 2025 - Page 21
Let me first acknowledge my appreciation of the members of Shiloh UCC in Danville as to their Letter to the Editor -- I agree with them. I grew up in...
Published on September 28, 2025 - Page 21
The first time I held a dying woman in my arms, I was a student nurse, just a few months past my 18th birthday. When the woman's call bell lit up,...
Published on September 27, 2025 - Page 8
A founding principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution's opening amendment, is our republic depends on citizens' freedom to...
Published on September 27, 2025 - Page 8
ROSE: Arguably the best news for Berwick in a long while was the report by our Susan Schwartz that a bankruptcy judge in Texas has approved a sale...
Published on September 27, 2025 - Page 8
When the value or worth of an idea is counter to the interests of the majority, the idea has to be sequestered into muddy waters. Secrecy!...
Published on September 27, 2025 - Page 8
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They track steps, likes and the micro-genres Spotify says they discovered. Gen Z'ers live by data. When should a photo be posted...
Published on September 26, 2025 - Page 20
At Sunday's memorial for the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump paid a peculiar tribute. Having quoted Kirk's words of forgiveness, he put...
Published on September 26, 2025 - Page 20
ROSE: Molly Nied, Danville's superintendent of schools, has wisely spoken out against a pedestrian crosswalk between the district's main campus and...
Published on September 26, 2025 - Page 20
The State's sales tax and flat-rate income tax should be eliminated and replaced by a graduated-income tax rate, based on the taxpayer's ability to...
Published on September 26, 2025 - Page 20
The obvious fact that the vast majority of Americans, from both the right and left, are good people is swept aside by those who want to blame...
Published on September 26, 2025 - Page 20
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America feels feverish. Every tragedy, every outrage, every breaking headline arrives as tinder in a room already burning. The...
Published on September 25, 2025 - Page 16
For nearly 20 years, the Bagram air base stood as the sprawling symbol of American power in Afghanistan and as the heart of the long U.S. military...
Published on September 25, 2025 - Page 16
We write a lot about drunken driving in this paper -- our rural area has its share of drivers who are overly confident in their ability to pilot a 2-...
Published on September 25, 2025 - Page 16
I watched the coverage of Charlie Kirk's memorial service on Sunday. The worship service and the celebration of his life were truly amazing. It was a...
Published on September 25, 2025 - Page 16
It seems "We the People" are drifting further apart at an accelerating rate. Each new crisis gets elevated to a higher state of concern. We find new...
Published on September 25, 2025 - Page 16
America has lost its humanity.
Many Americans do not feel any moral outrage when masked government employees abduct a person at his work or home and...
Published on September 24, 2025 - Page 16
The White House has proposed good and bad ideas to reduce drug costs. Among the better ones is a reform of the obscure 340B drug program, which...