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    A new paean to progressivism overlooks why Americans lost trust in government
    Local News, News
    A new paean to progressivism overlooks why Americans lost trust in government
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Jan 20, 2018
    WASHINGTON — Is there anything more depressing than a cheerful liberal? The question is prompted by one such, historian David Goldfield, who has writt...
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    How to handle work when you’re depressed
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    How to handle work when you’re depressed
    Eric Titner 
    Jan 05, 2018
    Work can be challenging in even the best of circumstances—but when you’re depressed and not feeling your absolute best, getting through each workday c...
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    ‘Round the Square for Dec. 28, 2017
    News, Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square for Dec. 28, 2017
    Dec 28, 2017
    HELLO, AMERICA: Frances Wolfe Haight shared this story of meeting a pen pal she corresponded with for nearly 60 years. The story goes, “On December 28...
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    Pennsylvania’s electric grid relies on sturdy baseload power
    Guest Columns, Opinion
    Pennsylvania’s electric grid relies on sturdy baseload power
    TERRY JARRETT Special to The Era 
    Nov 07, 2017
    America’s energy sector has reached an interesting crossroads. After eight years of the Obama administration working to dismantle the nation’s coal fl...
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    America’s engine is being slowed by complacency
    Opinion, Сolumns
    America’s engine is being slowed by complacency
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Sep 27, 2017
    WASHINGTON — It was an epoch-defining decision to place in Westminster Abbey, among statues of monarchs, priests and poets, a large one of James Watt,...
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    Where were you that day? I was there
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Where were you that day? I was there
    SIDNEY PERALTA 
    Sep 11, 2017
    Most people that were old enough can remember where they were on September 11th, 2001. When I ask folks from Bradford where they were, I usually get a...
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    Our burgeoning and bloated bureaucracy
    Letters to Editor, Opinion
    Our burgeoning and bloated bureaucracy
    Leon Hillyard Eldred 
    Aug 01, 2017
    Once receiving worldwide accolades as the “nation that feeds the world,” we now have nearly 50 million people in America receiving supplemental nutrit...
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    Buckley captained conservatism before it was hijacked
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Buckley captained conservatism before it was hijacked
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Jun 01, 2017
    WASHINGTON — In 1950, the year before William F. Buckley burst into the national conversation, the literary critic Lionel Trilling revealed why the na...
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    The dispiriting tale of Bill O’Reilly
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The dispiriting tale of Bill O’Reilly
    RUTH MARCUS 
    Apr 22, 2017
    WASHINGTON — The Bill O'Reilly saga has three villains: the revolting former anchor himself; the network that ignored accusations of serial abuse; and...
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    Book focuses on why we need power — and how to get it
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Book focuses on why we need power — and how to get it
    RUBEN NAVARRETTE JR. 
    Apr 18, 2017
    SAN DIEGO — At America's core, you'll find two competing beliefs about citizen power. On the one hand, Americans cherish the idea that one person can ...
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    The Great Reversal — for now
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The Great Reversal — for now
    CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER 
    Apr 14, 2017
    WASHINGTON — The world is agog at Donald Trump's head-snapping foreign policy reversal. He runs on a platform of America First. He renounces the role ...
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    ‘Round the Square for April 8, 2017
    News, Online Features
    ‘Round the Square for April 8, 2017
    Apr 08, 2017
    SEE AMERICA: Donald Neal of Bradford shared this ode to small town America. “See America” I have seen the snow capped mountains, And marveled at the f...
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    A place to learn and celebrate
    Editorials, Opinion, Сolumns
    A place to learn and celebrate
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Mar 12, 2017
    TEMPE, Ariz. —Encouraging developments are as welcome as they are rare in colleges and universities that cultivate diversity in everything but thought...
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    Everyone has choices in America
    Letters to Editor, Opinion
    Everyone has choices in America
    Donald E. Wenner St. Marys 
    Mar 10, 2017
    You chose to enter college. You chose to be cheerleaders. You chose to not stand for our National Anthem. I chose to be a Marine. I chose to fight for...
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    Toomey, Casey react to new travel ban
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    Toomey, Casey react to new travel ban
    Mar 07, 2017
    U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said the new travel ban signed on Monday by President Trump lays out a more detailed, coordinated and clearer set of rule...
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    A wry squint into our grim future
    Editorials, Opinion, Сolumns
    A wry squint into our grim future
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Mar 05, 2017
    WASHINGTON — Although America's political system seems unable to stimulate robust, sustained economic growth, it at least is stimulating consumption o...
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    The tall oak tree
    Letters to Editor, Opinion
    The tall oak tree
    Donald Neal Bradford 
    Mar 03, 2017
    Imagine a tall oak tree with its roots anchored firmly in the earth. Imagine that America is like that tree, with its roots our Constitution. Over the...
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    New OMB chief tackles Rubik’s cube of federal budget
    Opinion, Сolumns
    New OMB chief tackles Rubik’s cube of federal budget
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Mar 02, 2017
    WASHINGTON — The dyspeptic Henry Adams was not nice but not wrong when he described what now is named the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, adjace...
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    Don’t like America? Get out!
    Letters to Editor, Opinion
    Don’t like America? Get out!
    Mar 02, 2017
    This letter is in response to Eugene Johnson’s letter from Feb. 3. If the media is supposed to question the president when he lies, what happened to e...
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    President Trump has accomplished much
    Letters to Editor, Opinion
    President Trump has accomplished much
    Mar 02, 2017
    The United States is a Democratic Republic, and President Trump is our duly-elected president. He was elected with 306 of the required 270 Electoral C...
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    A black bear yearling broke into an Indiana County nursing home. A resident wanted to give him cake
    PA State News
    A black bear yearling broke into an Indiana County nursing home. A resident wanted to give him cake
    By MARY ANN THOMAS  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
    June 7, 2025
    PITTSBURGH (TNS) — 'Tis the season when black bears wander into places they shouldn't be — like the nursing home in White Township, Indiana County one...
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    Final NY players for 2025 Big 30 announced
    Local Sports
    Final NY players for 2025 Big 30 announced
    Jo Wankel 
    June 7, 2025
    The final 11 players for the NY roster for the 2025 Big 30 have been announced, bringing the total players to 41. Organizers noted that other players ...
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    God’s Country Marathon set for today
    Local Sports
    God’s Country Marathon set for today
    Jo Wankel 
    June 7, 2025
    There was a time not long ago when the future of the God’s Country Marathon was very much in jeopardy. Participation was falling. Endurance events wer...
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    Unverdorben to Lead Pitt-Bradford Volleyball
    Local Sports
    Unverdorben to Lead Pitt-Bradford Volleyball
    Jo Wankel 
    June 7, 2025
    The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has hired Kelly Unverdorben, longtime successful head coach at Portville (N.Y.) High School, as the sixth hea...
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    Q&A with the DA: Forfeiture of property
    Local News
    Q&A with the DA: Forfeiture of property
    By STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER  McKean County District Attorney  
    June 7, 2025
    (Editor’s note: The information in this special series is for educational purposes only and is not intended to address any particular case, nor should...
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    Check out these spray-paint tips
    Lifestyles
    Check out these spray-paint tips
    June 7, 2025
    Dear Heloise: May I share some spray-painting tips? We love to rejuvenate our yard seesaws with spray paint as rust and fading from the sun does happe...
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