Opinion

Artemis II and life here on Earth
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 07, 2026
Four astronauts are on a journey around the moon, a mission that offers a rare chance to see our world from a distance, and ourselves more clearly. On...
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Why you gotta win Pennsylvania
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MATTHEW BROUILLETTE RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 07, 2026
What does Johnstown have to do with San Francisco? Or Warminster with New York, New York? Not much, unless you understand what the left understands — ...
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Good information is hard to find
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Apr 07, 2026
Barack Obama pinpointed a central conflict in American politics back in 2004 while talking with a group of Google executives, “Many people — they’re j...
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Progressive demise of Social Security, Medicare
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAVE MASTIO Kansas City Star 
Apr 06, 2026
KANSAS CITY (TNS) — I’ve been pondering a new study that is out this week from Penn’s Wharton Business School. It takes a look at federal spending by ...
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The Iran war conundrum for Trump
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 06, 2026
President Donald Trump last week offered the nation a defense of America’s offensive against Iran, assuring the country the mission will end “very sho...
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Radical tax hikes will accelerate Pa.’s outmigration
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By NATHAN BENEFIELD 
Apr 06, 2026
HARRISBURG — Gov. Josh Shapiro keeps repeating the claim that Pennsylvania is the only growing state in the Northeast. But that’s not true. Residents ...
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$100,000 in Social Security benefits is too much
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Apr 02, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — When someone says a retiree is “living off Social Security,” it’s not usually $100,000 a year. But some U.S. retired couples will be ...
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Bad policies have real consequences
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 02, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, wants to be president of the United States. He might be better off first attempting to address the many fest...
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Other Voices: The right ruling on NPR, PBS
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 02, 2026
Recently, a federal court struck down the president’s executive order that sought to eliminate funding for NPR and PBS, ruling that it violated the Fi...
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A safari as ‘professional development’
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 01, 2026
Regina Speaker and Sandra Edling, directors of the county office managing schools in Montgomery County took the trip of a lifetime: a 14-day African s...
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Lessons from a recent special election
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MATT ZUPON RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 01, 2026
As politicos across America hunker down and attempt to analyze polls to predict November’s midterms, no numbers prove more grounded than actual electi...
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Why organ donation matters
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By HEIDI WEEDER 
Apr 01, 2026
Every day, we move through life expecting immediacy like fast answers, quick deliveries and instant updates. For more than 100,000 people across the U...
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We gotta keep moving!
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Apr 01, 2026
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — A statistic in a retirement magazine startled me a little. AARP the Magazine noted that 65.3 million U.S. adults are considered “phy...
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Cybersecurity programmers’ China ties
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 27, 2026
The National Science Foundation is spending $67 million on software that will protect American research from cybercriminals in enemy nations like Chin...
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