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Pa. must start to get younger
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 12, 2022
In most parts ofPennsylvania, a look around is all that's necessary to know that the state needs more young people. Now the state government's nonpart...
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Pa., feds recommit to opioid fight
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 27, 2022
President Joe Biden spoke too soon on the most recent “60 Minutes” when he said that the COVID-19 pandemic is “over.” Most experts say the evolving vi...
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Harriet Hageman: How I beat Liz Cheney
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Sep 08, 2022
Harriet Hageman is the environmental lawyer who defeated incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney by a landslide in Wyoming’s much-watched Republican House primary. ...
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A revolution in health
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Aug 21, 2022
Alan Nichols was “basically put to death” in a Toronto hospital, his brother Gary told the Associated Press. Nichols was 61 years old, with a history ...
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Enforce price transparency
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 12, 2022
A group of Democratic Pennsylvania lawmakers announced a bill Friday that would require price transparency from health care providers. It’s a good ide...
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Thomas stuck in privacy web
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 29, 2022
Apparently not satisfied with fellow Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s strident majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas i...
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Leave trial locations to courts
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 20, 2022
Given the state’s political structure, it’s natural to think of the Legislature in terms of the major political parties. But that’s just part of the s...
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America’s semiconductor problem
Opinion, Сolumns
May 04, 2022
America faces a serious economic and national security risk when it comes to the development and manufacturing of semiconductor chips that are integra...
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A shocking assault on the Supreme Court
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 03, 2022
Despite what you might have learned in high school civics, the Supreme Court really only has one role in our system of government — to uphold Roe v. W...
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Get warrants for metadata
Opinion, Сolumns
May 01, 2022
If the FBI or another law enforcement agency wants to tap a cellphone, monitor or other digital communications, or track someone through his digital d...
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Learn from the COVID crisis
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 28, 2022
The pandemic is almost over — we think. Not as a medical fact. COVID-19 will be around forever, just like the cold and the flu, but it no longer domin...
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The cost of China’s harsh COVID policies
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Apr 18, 2022
The stories from Shanghai, a city of 25 million entering its fourth week of COVID-19 lockdown, have been harrowing. Millions have been confined to the...
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Disclosure for me, but not for thee
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 11, 2022
Frank Burns gets it! Not the bumbling doctor from MASH, but the Democratic state representative from Cambria County. Just like anyone else who has sou...
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Start serious border reform
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 10, 2022
President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t gotten a handle on the desperate crisis at our southern border any more than the administration of Donald ...
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Standing for values instead of personalities
Opinion, Сolumns
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Mar 18, 2022
William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet” etched in the minds of people the world around the famous phrase, “What’s in a name? That which we call ...
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Sunshine on government keeps you informed
Сolumns
BRAD SIMPSON President, Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association 
Mar 17, 2022
A new Pennsylvania law protects your right to be informed about what issues government officials plan to deliberate or act upon at public meetings. Th...
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