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Thoughts on Kaepernick controversy
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Sep 24, 2016
Full disclosure, I’m conflicted by the Colin Kaepernick-National Anthem controversy. And here’s why. My birth came barely two months after World War I...
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Readers want news not fluff
Opinion, Сolumns
WALTER BRASCH 
Sep 24, 2016
The New York Post , a Rupert Murdoch tabloid publication that isn’t likely to win a Pulitzer Prize anytime soon, splashed a full page picture of a smi...
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Sighting in your rifle
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Sep 23, 2016
Darkness fell, gray shadows stretched across the valleys growing ever larger and darker until the hilltops were touched with the last golden rays of t...
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The last days of free trade?
Opinion, Сolumns
ROBERT J. SAMUELSON 
Sep 23, 2016
Guess what? A President Trump could adopt his new trade agenda without any authorization from Congress — and this could trigger a global trade war and...
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Vin Scully: A soundtrack for a life
Opinion, Сolumns
TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist 
Sep 23, 2016
It was in the middle of the Barry Bonds home run chase, and I was sitting with Vin Scully in the broadcast booth at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers were p...
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The Trump letters
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 22, 2016
WASHINGTON — As the first presidential debate approaches, fists clench, jaws tighten and invectives giggle in anticipation. Game on! To half the count...
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Shutting down campus speech
Opinion, Сolumns
CATHERINE RAMPELL 
Sep 21, 2016
Around the country, colleges have found a new excuse for shutting down free speech: safety. Just as “national security” has periodically served as a p...
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The 24/7 sneeze factor
Opinion, Сolumns
WALTER BRASCH 
Sep 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton has a mild case of pneumonia, and the Renegade Republicans, fueled by scandal-makers of the conservative media, think Clinton is a piñ...
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Owls will need inspired effort against ECCHS
Columns, Football, High School, ...
RONALD KLOSS Era Sports Writer 
Sep 21, 2016
Bradford High’s play the past two weeks might best be described as “pedal to the medal” against Cameron County and four quarters of riding the brake a...
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AML outlook: Forget what you know
Columns, Football, High School, ...
PETE SIRIANNI Era Sports Writer 
Sep 20, 2016
Four weeks into a nine-game regular season in most years would give teams, coaches and fans a fairly good idea of what’s to come in the latter half of...
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Trump’s truth sets us free
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Sep 19, 2016
WASHINGTON — At long last, Donald Trump has set himself free. At a highly choreographed event Friday, the Republican candidate for president of the Un...
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Panic is on at One Bills Drive
Columns, Football, Local Sports, ...
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Sep 17, 2016
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - So you don’t think the Bills are toast – playoff-wise – only two games into the season? Well, the panic is already on at One Bill...
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Seefeldt the Rattler
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Sep 17, 2016
Not every subject I write about interests all people. Flatteringly, many read most articles even if they may not be especially captivated by the subje...
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The Trumpification of Mike Pence
Opinion, Сolumns
DANA MILBANK 
Sep 17, 2016
Why does Mike Pence keep getting himself into such deplorable situations? Donald Trump’s vice-presidential nominee went on CNN on Monday evening, tryi...
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