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Teach civics for PA 250, beyond
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 27, 2023
No state had a more important role than Pennsylvania in establishing, preserving and growing the United States. And now, as the U.S. approaches its 25...
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Amazing world outside our doors
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Sep 27, 2023
Isn’t fall magnificent? Once in a while, we like to drive around a bit and sightsee — usually on cloudy or rainy days, though, because I have problems...
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Worst VP pick in 50 years
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Sep 26, 2023
Poor Kamala Harris. The alleged misogyny that is tearing at her vice presidency apparently extends to highly partisan Democratic leaders such as Jamie...
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Green mandates and UAW strike
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 26, 2023
President Joe Biden likes to sell himself as a pro-union president, but his policies are contributing to a major strike. On Sept. 15, members of the U...
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Ban smoking in all public places
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 25, 2023
The long list of special interests to which state legislators pander long has included, in effect, respiratory diseases and lung cancer. Their refusal...
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Trump and his second-term agenda
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Los Angeles Times 
Sep 25, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Former President Donald Trump is on the campaign trail again, and most of the attention he’s getting is for bare-knuckled attacks o...
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The child abuse of some unbanned books
Opinion, Сolumns
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Sep 24, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Parents are trying to get books banned in schools around the country, it’s frequently pointed out, and one thing you might do is sh...
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Blue laws had their virtues
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 22, 2023
Once upon a time, life was pretty quiet in Pennsylvania on Sundays. This was mostly the result of so-called “blue laws” that prohibited many different...
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Rethinking integrated deterrence
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL FINCHER 
Sep 22, 2023
The war in Ukraine exposes the Biden administration’s thinking as wildly naïve and completely unprepared for a conflict NATO spent 70 years expecting ...
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Pa. budget compromise is possible
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 21, 2023
At least part of the Pennsylvania state budget has remained in limbo for over 10 weeks now, pushing well past the June 30 deadline. Schools, universit...
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Schools, get control of the phones
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 21, 2023
The failures of the K-12 educational establishment are no secret. All over the country, schools pass and graduate students who cannot read and write a...
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The cost of lost telehealth care in Pa.
Daily Headlines, Opinion, Сolumns
THOMAS KIMBRELL 
Sep 20, 2023
Telehealth Awareness Week, a new investigation reveals that Pennsylvanians are losing access to remote health services. Initial findings of a study co...
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