Opinion

Minimum wage and maximum spin
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 22, 2026
Gasoline prices aren’t the only thing California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to raise. Newsom recently put out a release touting California’s economic gro...
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Big Tech can cut methane cheaply
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By PAUL BLEDSOE RealClearEnergy 
Sep 22, 2026
With U.S. midterm elections fast approaching, Americans of all political persuasions are newly questioning technology giants about the role of artific...
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Commentary: The hospital so many said they wouldn’t use
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SARA EDDY FURLONG 
Sep 21, 2026
For years, seemingly everyone in Bradford had a Bradford Regional Medical Center story. The emergency room took too long. A diagnosis was missed. A bi...
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Even Big Tech is warning against AI
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 21, 2026
Not too long ago, Big Tech CEOs were in a high-speed race to be first to advance artificial intelligence. Now they are having second thoughts. The tec...
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Waste of the Day: Homeland savings is questioned
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 18, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security claimed to have saved $10.5 billion through cost-cutting measures led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Effi...
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There is no single plug to pull on AI
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Sep 18, 2026
Whenever artificial intelligence comes up — particularly the possibility that it could threaten humanity — someone offers the obvious: Just unplug it....
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John Fetterman is a predictable chaos agent
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Sep 18, 2026
In a post-industrial decay shot worthy of the Levi’s advertisement that helped put him on the map 16 years ago, John Fetterman stood in front of the M...
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The unreality of the Republican midterm convention
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Sep 17, 2026
WASHINGTON. (TNS) — The Roman poet Juvenal used the Latin phrase for “bread and circuses” to describe the distractions used by First Century Roman rul...
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Lookbacks can reveal wisdom, lessons
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 16, 2026
I think of my mother sometimes when I’m doing what I’m doing. During our long-distance conversations and occasional visits, she’d say, “I’m trying to ...
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