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Cancer drug costs nearly $200K
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 21, 2025
Taxpayers spent $74.5 million to help develop the prostate cancer-fighting drug Xtandi, but its sky-high sticker price is limiting access to patients ...
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Justice Department crisis was an unforced error
Opinion, Сolumns
NOAH FELDMAN Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 21, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Here’s the most important yet overlooked fact about theJustice Departmentprosecutors who resigned rather than drop charges againstN...
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Trump is delivering, but the goal shouldn’t be chaos
Opinion, Сolumns
MATT WYLIE The Charlotte Observer 
Feb 21, 2025
HILTON HEAD, S.C. (TNS) — It’s been pretty entertaining watching the left unravel day after day. Turn on almost any network — exceptFox News— and you’...
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Other Voices: Who pays for it?
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 20, 2025
A million, billion or trillion ... who cares? I care. For decades, teaching and training various disciplines and age groups, I always looked for an ea...
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Battered Democrats hope to regain their focus
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Feb 20, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Like everyone else in Washington, Democratic Party leaders have been stunned by the speed and the breadth of President Donald Trump...
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Some rare diseases not as rare as you think
Opinion, Сolumns
DEB WUETHRICH 
Feb 19, 2025
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — February is Rare Disease Awareness month. The upcoming week has been declared Rare Disease Awareness week, with Rare Disease Day bei...
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Politico and the federal government
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 18, 2025
The White House subscribes to Politico Pro, a premium service meant to inform the public what is happening inside the White House, spending $16 millio...
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Shapiro had chance to put Pennsylvanians first
Opinion, Сolumns
SCOTT MARTIN RealClearPennsylvania 
Feb 18, 2025
For years, Pennsylvania’s energy industry has been stalled by the uncertainty created by then-Gov. Tom Wolf’s attempts to impose a tax on electricity....
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Trump, Musk are upending a broken status quo
Opinion, Сolumns
SUSAN SHELLEY The Orange County Register 
Feb 18, 2025
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — A screeching effort has failed to stopTrump White HouseadvisorElon Muskfrom seeing the government’s books and flagging waste, frau...
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The great Frederick Douglass
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 18, 2025
Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818, never knew the precise date he was born, but later choseFeb. 14as his birthdate. We urge all Americans ...
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Guest Comment: Stand up for democracy
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID FITZ Special to The Era 
Feb 17, 2025
An authoritarian coup is happening in the United States. And “we the people” are the only ones who can stop it. We must preserve and restore our democ...
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More bad news for taxpayers
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 17, 2025
The federal deficit will be $21.1 trillion in the 10-year period from 2025 to 2034, according to projections in the Congressional Budget Office’s bian...
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