Opinion

Waste of the Day: Drought money lacks details
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
May 04, 2026
The Department of the Interior spent $2.6 billion to help state and local governments and nonprofits manage drought conditions in the Colorado River B...
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Why are Pa.’s suburbs losing?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
May 04, 2026
Pennsylvania’s political map is changing, but not in a way anyone anticipated. Defying political convention, Pennsylvanians are leaving the state’s tw...
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The one good thing Facebook ever gave me
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jim Eckstrom 
May 01, 2026
The Facebook algorithm finally did something useful this week. It handed me SubwayTakes podcast reels — and now I’m hooked. I did not expect to like i...
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King Charles gets a W before Congress
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 30, 2026
Most Americans think of the Bill of Rights as a bespoke 1789 creation for a nation that was, in the signature “Hamilton” lyric of Lin-Manuel Miranda, ...
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Shooter gives Trump a political respite
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
CARL P. LEUBSDORF The Dallas Morning News 
Apr 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The gunman who forced the postponement of Donald Trump’s first presidential appearance at Washington’s biggest annual press dinner ...
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‘And THEN what happened?’
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Apr 30, 2026
I first learned to read and write by tracing the carbons on my mom’s food order pads. She was a car hop at a local burger joint. This was before I eve...
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We are the McKean County Conservation District
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SANDY THOMPSON 
Apr 29, 2026
SMETHPORT — Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 26-May 2nd, 2026 is Conservation District Week. We all know the importan...
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Slippery slope of assisted suicide gets harder to hide
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By TOM WROBLESKI Staten Island Advance 
Apr 29, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Assisted suicide. Or, if you like, you can use the more genteel term adopted by New York state: Medical aid in dying. Take your pick....
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Pa. politicians’ one lockstep issue
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 29, 2026
An April 20 PennLive/Bravo Group Morning Scrapple poll contained several headline-worthy numbers. President Trump’s Pennsylvania approval slipped to 3...
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The folly of government central planning
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 28, 2026
The Spirit Airlines saga highlights the folly of government industrial policy — whether promoted by Democrats or the current president. Last week, Pre...
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A school cellphone policy that works
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 28, 2026
While a spate of school shooting threats at a South Texas middle school last week were not credible, they were disturbing and serious, putting childre...
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Shutdowns persist because Congress pays no price
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By TONY VANDERHOEF RealClearPolitics 
Apr 28, 2026
TSA officers screened three million passengers a day this spring. They did it without paychecks. Some sold plasma to pay their bills. Others slept in ...
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Tucker Carlson’s reversal on Trump is a familiar script
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
LZ GRANDERSON Los Angeles Times 
Apr 28, 2026
LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Tucker Carlson has apologized for unintentionally "misleading" voters into supporting President Donald Trump's return to the White...
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Waste of the Day: Pentagon spent big on GLP-1s
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 27, 2026
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was not kidding when he complained that there are too many “fat troops” in the military. The military has spent nearly $...
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Court: Government’s tax power not for controlling behavior
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By GARY ABERNATHY RealClearPolitics 
Apr 27, 2026
A somewhat under-the-radar decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this month is, on its surface, focused on the issue of ...
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