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A 2024 Trump-Biden death match?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Nov 21, 2024
For all the speculation that goes on around Donald Trump and the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race, it's possible, even likely, that the mo...
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Again with election fraud game
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 20, 2024
Over the last few days, Democratic challengerDerek Tranhas taken the lead in his race against Rep.Michelle Steel. The tightly contested campaign had d...
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Finding peace in the age of the smartphone
Opinion, Сolumns
BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Nov 20, 2024
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — About 25 years ago, my family was vacationing inNew Jersey, and my dad and I went golfing. On the way to the course, the car starte...
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Shapiro’s strategy of silence
Opinion, Сolumns
MATTHEW J. BROUILLETTE 
Nov 20, 2024
Gov. Josh Shapiro won election on a theme of “getting in the game.” But since taking office, he’s been sitting on the sidelines during game-changing p...
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How to fix Pennsylvania’s looming budget dilemma
Opinion, Сolumns
ANDREW HOLMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Nov 20, 2024
Pennsylvanians just elected 228 state senators and representatives. These candidates-turned-lawmakers spent the past several months doing all the chal...
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Nuclear commission flies 1st class
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 20, 2024
A recent inspector general audit{/a} of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s travel expenses found a slew of waste and potential fraud, including nearl...
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Trump should rethink Gaetz as AG
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 18, 2024
Presidents have the duty of nominating members of their cabinet, and they have the right to seek to appoint people they believe will act in accordance...
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Worries about voter fraud were unfounded
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Nov 18, 2024
One thing that shocked me about this year’s presidential election campaign was how many of my fellow Republicans and conservatives expected to lose, b...
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Government’s rusty machinery
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 18, 2024
Elon Musk has wasted little time laying the groundwork for his job in the next Trump administration, overseeing the new Department of Government Effic...
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‘BLM escape room’ gets funded
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 15, 2024
The University of Washington has received $1.2 million from the Institute of Library and Museum Services since 2021 to “combat misinformation,” with p...
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New GOP Congress will increase clout of W.Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
JONATHAN D. SALANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Nov 15, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — This year’s election not only gave Western Pennsylvania’s three Republican U.S. representatives — including Glenn Thompson — two mo...
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We can’t trust the stories we’re told
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID MILLS Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Nov 15, 2024
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “If anyone wants to start working on midterms (which Democrats need to already be thinking about honestly),” wrote a friend who liv...
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Extra courtrooms built by accident
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 14, 2024
The federal government built 33 new courthouses between 2000 and 2010, but poor planning and incorrect estimates led the buildings to collectively be ...
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Casey won’t admit defeat, but here’s why he lost
Opinion, Сolumns
OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Nov 14, 2024
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s final days in office read like a cautionary tale about the dangers of political evolution. His inbox overflows with increasingly...
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