Opinion

We are cannibalizing our history
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
Sep 04, 2026
There is considerable interest in — and concern about — what will happen as artificial intelligence consumes more of its own output. AI produces somet...
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At 6 months, there is no clear winner in the Iran war
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DANIEL DePETRIS Chicago Tribune 
Sep 03, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The war in Iran, the “little excursion” that was supposed to be over in four to six weeks, passed its six-month mark on Friday. And...
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Florida is the epicenter of the GOP’s vaccine problem
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARY ELLEN KLAS Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 02, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — Republicans have painted themselves into a corner by undermining vaccines. Nowhere is this clearer than Florida, where the outgoing R...
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Other Voices: Truth from Dr. Bazzoui
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 02, 2026
How many people know that our own Dr. Widad Bazzoui of Bradford wrote a very important book, "The Man from Baghdad," that all children and adults shou...
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Waste of the Day: HUD funds had little impact
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 02, 2026
The Department of Housing and Urban Development spent $460 billion funding its 18 largest affordable housing and homelessness programs over a decade, ...
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In 2nd-degree murder cases, punishment should fit the crime
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SCOTT MARTIN RealClearPennsylvania 
Sep 02, 2026
Simple common sense tells us that violent, dangerous criminals who present a serious threat to our communities belong behind bars. It’s a shame common...
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9/11 stories still resonate
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Sep 02, 2026
The images were horrifying. Shock spread like an oppressive cloud that stretched across the country — the world. And those who lived through it will n...
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Waste of the Day: Chips are down in Ohio
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Sep 01, 2026
Federal money meant to help Ohio manufacturers was spent on ghostwritten articles, golf outings, poker chips, T-shirts and a celebrity who was paid al...
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Target Iran’s supply lines without widening the war
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By COLTON OVERCASH RealClearPolitics 
Sep 01, 2026
The United States can destroy Iranian launchers, warehouses and weapons factories and still fail strategically if Tehran can continue replacing what i...
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What ‘affordability’ really means to working-class voters
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JOAN C. WILLIAMS and JARED ABBOTT Bloomberg Opinion 
Sep 01, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — Democrats’ obsession with “affordability” is right on target, given that American workers’ share of GDP is near the lowest ever ...
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Waste of the Day: Audits flag UConn payments
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
In the last 11 years, the University of Connecticut Health Center has spent more than $690,000 on payments to employees for unused paid time off that ...
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Trade war doesn’t help GOP candidates
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
History tells us that Republicans have an uphill climb this November to keep control of the House — and perhaps the Senate. President Donald Trump isn...
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Send Russian sanctions bill to White House
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 31, 2026
After months of negotiations and hang-ups, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a Russian sanctions bill this month prior to leaving town on recess. House...
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America is becoming a Peter Pan nation
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J. PEDER ZANE RealClearPolitics 
Aug 31, 2026
I passed some of my happiest days living under communism. I had no job, but all my needs — food, shelter, clothing, education, you name it — were prov...
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COMMENTARY: Wanting more news is not a plan to save it
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SARA EDDY FURLONG 
Aug 28, 2026
A new 54-page study of local news in the Pennsylvania Wilds documents what people want from their newspapers. The problem is that it never requires th...
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Ruling unlikely to effect Nov. 3 election
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 28, 2026
Democrats are in a tizzy over a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows a presidential order on mail ballots to move forward — for now. But the decisi...
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The fortunes of W.Pa. and its Ohio peers may be reversing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Aug 28, 2026
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “I’m sick and tired of losing to friggin’ Ohio!” Thus exclaimed Gov. Josh Shapiro during his 2024 budget address, repeating a refra...
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Combating a rising tide of visa fraud
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SIMON HANKINSON 
Aug 28, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The State Department recently announced it had revoked more than 175,000 visas since President Donald Trump took office. Thanks to ...
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