Editorials

Open records are important or they aren’t. The public has a right to an accountable government or they don’t. It really isn’t a complicated issue. Gov...

There’s a presidential election coming up. Millions of Americans will depend on absentee and mail-in ballots to cast their votes for president, senato...

Restaurant and bar owners, already battered by restrictions put in place earlier this year to slow the spread of coronavirus, took another shot last w...

House Bill 2463 is pretty simple. It would require state agencies to follow Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law during declared emergencies. Like the cur...

We the People. That’s a powerful statement. If you think about it, that statement means Americans as a group, standing united. Locally, that’s how the...

In this time of crisis and uncertainty that we are all experiencing together, we recognize the essential role we play to help keep our community infor...

We have come to the time of year to pause and reflect on all we have to be thankful for, on Thanksgiving and every day. Each year, The Era’s staff pau...

(TNS) — Academic studies and surveys regularly show that large percentages of Americans know very little about civics. But more alarming is that many ...

Cubs hitter Albert Almora Jr. was in anguish Wednesday night in Houston after his line-drive foul ball struck a young girl. He knew immediately after ...

The internet has created more wealth and increased human knowledge faster than any other invention in history. But if Democrats in Congress get their ...

WASHINGTON — "Ladies' lingerie." It was a lame, outmoded joke — the sort of thing you say in a crowded elevator, an artifact of the days of fancy depa...

McKean County Sheriff’s Deputy Collin S. Meeker was wrong last month to step on private property and yank down a flag — no matter how disgusting its h...

TEMPE, Ariz. —Encouraging developments are as welcome as they are rare in colleges and universities that cultivate diversity in everything but thought...

WASHINGTON — What happens when there’s a crisis? When, not if, because that is the nature of the presidency: Bad things happen — often early on, somet...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump shows us what happens when a healthy skepticism about politics gives way to a debilitating cynicism. If democratic citizens ...

WASHINGTON — Although America's political system seems unable to stimulate robust, sustained economic growth, it at least is stimulating consumption o...

WASHINGTON — The technique has been called (by this columnist) "immunity through profusion." By keeping the molten lava of falsehoods flowing, the vol...

WASHINGTON — Good news: In two years, we'll have a new president. Bad news: If we make it that long. My "good" prediction is based on the Law of the P...

WASHINGTON — In 2013, a college student assigned to research a deadly substance sought help via Twitter: "I can't find the chemical and physical prope...

WASHINGTON — Trade wars, encouraged by President Trump, are inching closer. The White House has rejected the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an agree...