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Yes, we ‘hate the game’
Opinion, Сolumns
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Feb 10, 2024
Most NFL fans, no matter how hardcore they are for their own team, find a rooting interest for the Super Bowl — that’s part of what makes SB Sunday su...
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Hamas not interested in diplomacy
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 09, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu might have been too kind this week when he called Hamas’ response to a cease-fire proposal brokered by Qatar “delusional.” “There i...
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Service over self in rural Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
REP. CLINT OWLETT and REP. TINA PICKETT 
Feb 09, 2024
You are rudely awakened by the alarm clock and immediately have the feeling it’s going to be one of those days. Relationships are stressed, things bre...
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Biden, the Senate and the border fiasco
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Feb 08, 2024
Joe Biden is supposed to know something about legislating. After all, he spent 36 years in the U.S. Senate. He must have learned something in those de...
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What’s the border alternative?
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 08, 2024
The Senate immigration compromise crumbled away just days after its birth. Many conservatives said it doesn’t go far enough to stem border chaos, whil...
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Pa. Supreme Court takes aim at politics of cruelty
Opinion, Сolumns
FRANCIS WILKINSON Bloomberg Opinion/TNS 
Feb 07, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a victory to abortion-rights advocates in directing a lower court to consider a challenge to the state’s 1982...
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Refugees cost $20B in two years
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 07, 2024
The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement spent $20 billion over the last two years on “refugee and entrant assistance” for those entering the countr...
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Make higher ed more affordable
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 07, 2024
Just how unaffordable is higher education in Pennsylvania? Let Dan Greenstein, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, ex...
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Get this done: Pre-K for Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
ED RENDELL and Mark SchweikeR 
Feb 06, 2024
Few issues in Pennsylvania have united Republicans and Democrats over the years like the prospect of ensuring that our youngest learners are ready to ...
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Will Biden’s ‘Goldilocks’ airstrikes work?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Feb 06, 2024
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The recent U.S. airstrikes against Iran-backed militias were the largest President Jordan Biden has ordered since he took office, a...
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Bipartisan progress in Washington
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 05, 2024
Centrists interested in what’s good for the nation — rather than their respective political parties — have long supported the idea of bipartisanship a...
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Kids shouldn’t be on social media at all
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Feb 05, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg is very sorry. His apology at a Senate hearing to the families of victims of online child sex abuse was dramatic, and the human thing ...
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$1B in weapons missing in Ukraine
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 04, 2024
The U.S. Department of Defense has failed to properly track $1 billion worth of weapons provided to Ukraine, according to an internal audit released o...
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Judge shines light on DEI hypocrisy
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 04, 2024
Virtually every university, government agency and major corporation has embraced some type of diversity, equity and inclusion policies — widely known ...
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Too many security cameras, not enough safety
Opinion, Сolumns
STEPHEN L. CARTER Bloomberg Opinion 
Feb 04, 2024
NEW YORK (TNS) — Civil libertarians are celebrating the recent announcement by Amazon that law enforcement agencies will no longer be able to obtain R...
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