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Get the actual facts on TikTok
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 02, 2023
Is TikTok’s time running out? In the eyes of some U.S. lawmakers, the answer is yes: The wildly popular Chinese video-hosting app should be banned, im...
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Other Voices: Excellent care at BRMC
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 31, 2023
I missed Tuesday night’s meeting of the program to save Bradford Regional Medical Center due to illness. However, when I read Wednesday’s article in T...
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Don’t valorize Jan. 6
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 31, 2023
The philosopher Eric Hoffer famously wrote, “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” Wh...
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Israel wisely steps back
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 31, 2023
Israel was on the brink, but stepped away from the cliff's edge at the last moment. Though this development is welcome, the nation's spate of problems...
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Bad bets all around
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 30, 2023
This year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament has put the “mad” in March Madness, with all of the highest-ranked teams eliminated and a most unlikely F...
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Resolving not to be left behind
Opinion, Сolumns
GARY BLUMENTHAL 
Mar 29, 2023
MECHANICSBURG — My brother is a 66-year-old with significant life challenges with autism, aging and his fragile health. He and I are encouraged that G...
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Hunger is the villain, not Pa.’s hungry kids
Opinion, Сolumns
REP. EMILY KINKEAD 
Mar 29, 2023
HARRISBURG — Every good story needs a villain, and in the story of Pennsylvania’s 2023-24 budget, it seems like the Republicans who’ve controlled the ...
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All talk, no action on China
Opinion, Сolumns
DEREK SCISSORS 
Mar 28, 2023
It might be easy to embrace recent warnings against a bellicose bipartisan consensus in Washington regarding China. But the real peril is that the tru...
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Re-imagining Pa. education
Opinion, Сolumns
JESSE TOPPER 
Mar 28, 2023
“One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.” As I view the educational landscape in Pennsylvani...
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Yes, we are making kids trans
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Mar 28, 2023
We are going to look back years from now and wonder how we failed young girls so badly. Between social media and fashionable gender theories, we are m...
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Don’t make turnpike mess worse
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 28, 2023
The Pennsylvania Turnpike was created under a simple concept: Drivers would pay tolls and the revenue would be used to pay for operations, constructio...
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Medicare Advantage over lobbyists
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 27, 2023
If overly expensive health care in the United States could be summarized in a single headline, this one from The New York Times would be a good candid...
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Share digital ad revenue
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 27, 2023
Big social media platforms make billions of dollars by attaching advertising to content sought by users. It’s a bonanza regarding news, because the pl...
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Pa. can be leader in natural gas production
Opinion, Сolumns
GREG MORELAND 
Mar 26, 2023
Nothing gets done without energy. From powering computers, credit card machines, or heavy manufacturing machinery to providing the electricity needed ...
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