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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
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    Chance for flash flooding this afternoon
    July 31, 2025
    The U.S. National Weather Service announced this morning that thunderstorms with especially heavy rain are possible this afternoon and evening. The he...
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    ‘Freedom’ is still the Republican rallying cry
    ‘Freedom’ is still the Republican rallying cry
    RICH LOWRY 
    Feb 19, 2022
    It’s not 2010 again in GOP politics and never will be, but you could be forgiven for having flashbacks to the beginnings of the tea party. A leaderles...
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    Biden can learn from another old president, Reagan
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden can learn from another old president, Reagan
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Nov 23, 2021
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    Rationality is not just a white male thing
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    Rationality is not just a white male thing
    RICH LOWRY 
    Oct 27, 2021
    George Orwell famously said that “there are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them.” His adage now applies to anyone associ...
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    Is Biden’s economic plan actually a good idea?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Is Biden’s economic plan actually a good idea?
    TYLER COWAN Tribune News Service 
    Sep 30, 2021
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    Biden strikes a blow for open-mindedness
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    Biden strikes a blow for open-mindedness
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Jun 02, 2021
    Last week, President Joe Biden set an example that all of us — Democrat and Republican alike — should embrace. It wasn’t so much what he did — orderin...
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    Facebook’s speech policies are absurd
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Facebook’s speech policies are absurd
    RICH LOWRY 
    May 09, 2021
    It is said that medieval scholastic philosophers debated how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. If so, they didn’t have anything on the amorp...
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    Loss is more than a big number
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    Loss is more than a big number
    Feb 25, 2021
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    Was debate a game-changer?
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    Was debate a game-changer?
    RAMESH PONNURU Tribune News Service 
    Oct 24, 2020
    Both presidential candidates were on better behavior for the second debate than for the first, which meant each could speak in full sentences without ...
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    What we saw Tuesday night
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    What we saw Tuesday night
    Oct 02, 2020
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    Trump bulldozes, but did he win?
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    Trump bulldozes, but did he win?
    JANET HOOK 
    Oct 01, 2020
    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has spent the last months trying to find a way to throw Joe Biden off his game and strip him of his status as fron...
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    Cancel classical music?
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    Cancel classical music?
    Marcie 
    Sep 30, 2020
    As if having his music reduced to ringtones wasn’t insult enough, the great Ludwig van Beethoven himself has now become a political football in the ca...
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    Can college football settle debate on managing risk?
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    Can college football settle debate on managing risk?
    CYNTHIA M. ALLEN 
    Aug 18, 2020
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    Why the talk of canceling debates?
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    Why the talk of canceling debates?
    BYRON YORK 
    Aug 06, 2020
    There are three presidential debates scheduled before the Nov. 3 election. The first will be on Sept. 29 at Case Western Reserve University in Clevela...
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    Two McKean County students compete for Westminster College
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    Two McKean County students compete for Westminster College
    May 08, 2020
    NEW WILMINGTON — The Westminster College Speech & Debate Society competed in the Novice National Forensics Tournament held March 6-8 at Berry College ...
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    Cole, Causer face off in 67th District debate at Pitt-Bradford
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    Cole, Causer face off in 67th District debate at Pitt-Bradford
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 24, 2018
    Democratic challenger Maryanne Cole faced off against Republican incumbent Martin Causer Tuesday night in an at-times heated debate organized by The E...
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    ‘Round the Square for Oct. 23, 2018
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    ‘Round the Square for Oct. 23, 2018
    Oct 23, 2018
    DEBATE : Remember, folks, today is the day to hear what the candidates for the 67th District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have to say....
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    Round the Square for Jan. 1, 2018
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    Round the Square for Jan. 1, 2018
    Jan 01, 2018
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    Are we now at risk of overreacting to sexual harassment?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Are we now at risk of overreacting to sexual harassment?
    RUTH MARCUS 
    Nov 21, 2017
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    ACA repeal draws split reactions in Pa.
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    ACA repeal draws split reactions in Pa.
    SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
    Jul 26, 2017
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    The worst argument for Trumpcare
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The worst argument for Trumpcare
    RICH LOWRY 
    Mar 22, 2017
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    Use the Russian sanctions bill
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    Use the Russian sanctions bill
    July 31, 2025
    President Donald Trump’s tariff negotiations have been largely successful. Not so for his efforts to end the Ukraine war. Trump has expressed increasi...
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    The August garden’s gentle retreat
    Lifestyles
    The August garden’s gentle retreat
    By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
    July 31, 2025
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    July 31, 2025
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    Three poles, one message
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    Rotary garden blooms with unity
    By DANIELLA LANGIANESE  news@bradfordera.com 
    July 31, 2025
    On Wednesday evening members of Bradford’s Rotary Club were honored to install a set of Peace Poles within their garden, located at the corner of Mech...
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    The Trump Texas gerrymandering apocalypse won’t kill our democracy | Opinion
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    By DAVID MASTIO The Kansas City Star 
    July 31, 2025
    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (TNS) — The left-leaning press is ringing the alarm bells: “Trump’s Texas Gerrymander Is Supercharging a New War on Democracy,” says ...
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    Pa. faces a crisis of accepting mediocrity
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    Pa. faces a crisis of accepting mediocrity
    By GUY CIARROCCHI RealClearPennsylvania 
    July 31, 2025
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