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    Home Comment & Opinion

    Comment & Opinion

    2nd Amendment protects ammo, too
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    2nd Amendment protects ammo, too
    Jul 30, 2025
    On a July 14 podcast with former U.S. Navy SEAL and CIA contractor Shawn Ryan, California Gov. Gavin Newsom — widely considered a top Democratic candi...
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    How to pack for a trip
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    How to pack for a trip
    By JERRY ZEZIMA Tribune News Service 
    Jul 30, 2025
    I’m a guy who likes to travel the world. Unfortunately, I can do so only if I sit in front of the TV and watch celebrities like Stanley Tucci eat and ...
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    Pa.’s AG right about counterfeit meds
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Pa.’s AG right about counterfeit meds
    By ELIZABETH HICKS RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jul 30, 2025
    If you have scrolled through Instagram or TikTok lately, you have probably seen slick telehealth ads promising doctor-prescribed weight-loss shots, su...
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    Mastriano can’t win in 2026 either
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Mastriano can’t win in 2026 either
    By CHRISTOPHER NICHOLAS RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jul 30, 2025
    It’s now the summer of our discontent here in Pennsylvania, as the GOP’s 2022 gubernatorial nominee, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, continues to make nois...
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    US can survive tariffs, but that doesn’t mean they’re worth it
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    US can survive tariffs, but that doesn’t mean they’re worth it
    By CLIVE CROOK Bloomberg Opinion 
    Jul 29, 2025
    NEW YORK (TNS) — On hearing of the Continental Army’s pivotal victory at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, John Sinclair told Adam Smith, “The British n...
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    America’s pricey birthday parties
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    America’s pricey birthday parties
    Jul 29, 2025
    America will turn 250 years old next year, and taxpayers will fund one of the most expensive birthday gifts in history. President Trump’s “One Big Bea...
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    The other fentanyl threat requires readiness
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    The other fentanyl threat requires readiness
    By BRAD WENSTRUP RealClearPolitics 
    Jul 29, 2025
    It’s the nightmare scenario few in Washington want to talk about — and even fewer are prepared to confront — and that is the use of illicit fentanyl a...
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    More rescissions headed to Congress?
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    More rescissions headed to Congress?
    Jul 28, 2025
    The Trump administration promised that the $9 billion rescission package Congress passed this month on spending for foreign aid and government broadca...
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    ‘Low-value’ Medicare treatments
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    ‘Low-value’ Medicare treatments
    Jul 28, 2025
    An estimated 37% of Medicare patients received a “low-value” health care service in 2023, costing the federal government $5.9 billion. The numbers com...
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    Why Jeffrey Epstein matters
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Why Jeffrey Epstein matters
    By BRANDON McGINLEY 
    Jul 28, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — On a Parisian street corner in the 1780s, you'd be approached by a pamphleteer stoking the political rage that would culminate in t...
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    Can a Pa. Democrat replicate Mamdani’s success?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Can a Pa. Democrat replicate Mamdani’s success?
    By MARK NICASTRE RealClearPennsylvania 
    Jul 28, 2025
    Everyone is still trying to figure out what to make of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s mayoral primary. Mamdani emerged from a field of ca...
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    Making art great at taxpayer expense
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Making art great at taxpayer expense
    Jul 25, 2025
    Erin Elmore, director of the State Department’s “Art in Embassies” program, has vowed to “Make Art Great Again,” and taxpayers will be footing the bil...
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    Still assessing strikes on Iran
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Still assessing strikes on Iran
    Jul 25, 2025
    In the wake of the U.S. airstrikes against Iran last month, President Donald Trump called the operation a “spectacular military success” that “complet...
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    America’s truckers need a place to park — before it’s too late
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    America’s truckers need a place to park — before it’s too late
    By CHRIS SPEAR Chicago Tribune 
    Jul 25, 2025
    CHICAGO (TNS) — Every day, more than 3.5 million professional truck drivers keep America’s economy on the move. They haul more than 73% of the nation’...
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    Does AI make education too easy?
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Does AI make education too easy?
    By JOYCE M. DAVIS PennLive 
    Jul 25, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Who needs an education if you have AI? That’s the question many young students are asking themselves as they stand at the precipice...
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    Supporting waste, fraud and abuse
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Supporting waste, fraud and abuse
    Jul 24, 2025
    A slew of Democratic attorneys general has sued the Trump administration over changes to Obamacare enrollment policies intended to minimize fraud. The...
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    Yes, Pennsylvanians should care about National Park Service cuts
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Yes, Pennsylvanians should care about National Park Service cuts
    Jul 24, 2025
    You don't have to love late nights under the stars or long western road trips to be invested in the National Park Service. Mostly that's because the n...
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    The argument for ending wind and solar subsidies
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    The argument for ending wind and solar subsidies
    By DIANA FURCHTGOTT-ROTH and RYAN STRASSER 
    Jul 24, 2025
    WASHINGTON (TNS) — The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act signals a major shift in federal energy policy. Among its provisions, the law accele...
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    Epstein vs. Russiagate
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Epstein vs. Russiagate
    By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
    Jul 24, 2025
    It’s a tale of two stories. The first concerns President Trump’s back-peddling on pledges to release government files connected to the long-dead perve...
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    Long-term cost for win in Venezuela
    Comment & Opinion, Opinion
    Long-term cost for win in Venezuela
    Jul 23, 2025
    We are glad 10 Americans and U.S. permanent residents held captive in Venezuela have been freed. It’s a welcome outcome after months of negotiations b...
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    August 20, 2025
    Dear Heloise: When I shop for groceries, I have no memory or imagination, and I will invariably lose my shopping list somewhere along the way. It's a ...
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    Wife is going it alone dealing with an alcoholic
    Lifestyles
    Wife is going it alone dealing with an alcoholic
    August 20, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law is her alcoholic husband's enabler. He has health conditions that make walking difficult. He falls down often and can't ma...
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    ‘Round the Square: Junk, and more junk
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Junk, and more junk
    August 20, 2025
    JUNK: Junk mail, junk email, junk phone calls — wouldn't it be nice if all the energy it takes to clutter people's lives was put into something positi...
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    Steelers check in on Gabe Davis again as search for WR insurance continues
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    Steelers check in on Gabe Davis again as search for WR insurance continues
    Gerry Dulac Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 19, 2025
    (TNS) —The Steelers may not actively be pursuing another wide receiver, but that doesn't mean they aren't exploring the possibilities. Former Buffalo ...
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    Who are the Hoffmanns, one of the groups interested in purchasing the Penguins?
    National Sports
    Who are the Hoffmanns, one of the groups interested in purchasing the Penguins?
    Matt Vensel Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    August 19, 2025
    (TNS) —Pittsburghers are quite familiar with one of the groups that is interested in buying the Penguins away from Fenway Sports Group, who seem open ...
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    Lady Owls Golf Letterwinners
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    Lady Owls Golf Letterwinners
    August 19, 2025
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