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Broadband funds for monster trucks?
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 08, 2023
The $1.5 billion that Michigan is getting for high-speed internet service is meant for places like libraries and community centers, but private compan...
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The dumbest betrayal
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Dec 08, 2023
It’s possible that Congress can’t find a way, despite the support of bipartisan majorities, to continue funding Ukraine in its fight against Vladimir ...
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We need Archie Bunker now more than ever
Opinion, Сolumns
LORRAINE ALI Los Angeles Times 
Dec 08, 2023
“Archie Bunker couldn’t exist today.” It’s a refrain that’s landed in my inbox more than once since the death of “All in the Family” creator Norman Le...
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Bringing personal meaning to Christmas
Opinion, Сolumns
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 08, 2023
The weather outside is frightful, the fire is so delightful — it’s the only happy time of winter, in my opinion — the countdown to Christmas. As I’ve ...
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Blinken emboldens Hamas terror
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 07, 2023
President Joe Biden must stop trying to appease Hamas sympathizers inside the White House and Democratic Party and reiterate America’s steadfast commi...
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Is one $6B settlement enough for Sackler family?
Opinion, Сolumns
ROBIN ABCARIAN Los Angeles Times 
Dec 06, 2023
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the complex bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma, whose owners, the Sackler family, ha...
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Rush to EVs is imploding
Opinion, Сolumns
LEVI RUSSELL RealClearPolitics 
Dec 06, 2023
My appreciation for our freedom of movement was re-ignited recently when I finished up an engine swap into my rare-but-not-collectable 1995 Ford Thund...
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Other Voices: Just a lot of baloney
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 06, 2023
It is important to respond to Nicholas Waddy’s opinion, “Alarm Bells for the Establishment Elite,” published in the Nov. 28 edition of The Bradford Er...
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Liz Cheney for president?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Dec 06, 2023
Why would former Rep. Liz Cheney run for president? Is she nuts? Is she trying to sell a book? Why would a Republican whose last election was losing a...
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Community colleges latest pawns
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 06, 2023
Pennsylvania has had trouble getting the job done with education this year. Funding for the various levels of schooling needs to be approved by the Le...
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The Potemkin presidency of Joe Biden
Opinion, Сolumns
Frank Miele 
Dec 05, 2023
Have you heard about Joe Biden’s historic presidency? Or about the historic accomplishments of Joe Biden’s first term? I have. Repeatedly. Of course, ...
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What Congress can learn from George Santos
Opinion, Сolumns
JONATHAN BERNSTEIN Bloomberg Opinion/TNS 
Dec 05, 2023
The George Santos fiasco is finally at an end, at least in Congress, with the U.S. House of Representatives — including 105 of his Republican colleagu...
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Day O’Connor was a trailblazer
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 03, 2023
News that Sandra Day O’Connor, the Supreme Court’s first woman justice, had died Friday at age 93 brought back fond memories in these offices of her g...
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High schoolers running out of time
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 03, 2023
America’s high schools face a growing crisis: Millions of students who entered ninth grade in the fall of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, are set...
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Give geothermal a real chance
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 01, 2023
Geothermal energy, which pulls hot air from deep in the Earth’s crust to the surface in order to heat our homes and other buildings, deserves a second...
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