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Speed crucial to stroke care
Opinion, Сolumns
May 18, 2022
Lt. Gov.John Fettermanand Sen.Chris Van HollenofMarylandsuffered strokes this past weekend. According to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention...
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What if Dems had made the economy even worse?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
May 18, 2022
President Biden likes to blame inflation on the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine — or, as he says, "Putin's price hike." But the fact is, Biden's...
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The stars, our destination
Opinion, Сolumns
May 17, 2022
Humanity’s understanding of the universe expanded dramatically last week. On May 9, NASA released the infrared test images of the Large Magellanic Clo...
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Our epidemic of hatred
Opinion, Сolumns
JIM SWEENEY Tribune News Service 
May 17, 2022
How can an 18-year-old be so filled with hate and rage? Authorities sayPayton Gendron, dressed in combat gear and armed with a shotgun and a semi-auto...
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Don’t weaponize demographic change
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 17, 2022
The horrific massacre in Buffalo has created a debate about the "great replacement theory," the rancid theory adopted by white supremacists that Jewis...
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Require meth house disclosure
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2022
Methamphetamines can kill. The illegal drugs themselves can be lethal, but it doesn't stop there. The labs are dangerous when they are operating. They...
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Fatal crashes trending up
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2022
Traffic fatalities increased significantly nationally and inPennsylvaniain 2021, and more is at play than increased driving as pandemic-induced travel...
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The inextricable link between abortion and religion
Opinion, Сolumns
JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
May 16, 2022
There’s something admirable in the consistency of abortion’s most ardent opponents. If a fertilized egg is a full-fledged human life, its destruction ...
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DeSantis sets GOP agenda, and Dems should worry
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
May 16, 2022
The most intriguing politician in the Republican Party is an uncharismatic governor who's trying to make the GOP's culture war appealing to suburban m...
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Abortion ruling empowers states
Opinion, Сolumns
NOAH FINLEY 
May 16, 2022
The expected Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is an affirmation of America's beleaguered federalist system. If the final opinion from the ...
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Fix the NIL system
Opinion, Сolumns
May 15, 2022
(That didn’t take long. Within weeks of the incompetent NCAA’s decision to allow college athletes to be compensated for commercial use of their names,...
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GOP looks to extend midterm inflation advantage
Opinion, Сolumns
RAMESH PONNURU Tribune News Service 
May 15, 2022
Inflation is likely to be the most powerful issue working for Republicans in this year’s congressional elections. Public concern over it has been risi...
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Honor given for National Police Week
Opinion, Сolumns
STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER Special To The Era 
May 13, 2022
National Police Week allows us to reflect on the heroic work of law enforcement and remember those who have been killed in the line of duty. In McKean...
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