opinion

Too soon to celebrate new Alzheimer’s drug
Opinion, Сolumns
ADRIANE FUGH-BERMAN - Tribune News Service 
Jan 25, 2023
BALTIMORE (TNS) — A treatment that improves Alzheimer’s disease would be a great advance, but Leqembi (lecanemab), which recently received accelerated...
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The never-ending war on Brett Kavanaugh
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jan 25, 2023
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court more than four years ago, on Oct. 6, 2018. His oath followed perhaps the ugliest Suprem...
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Shapiro tries bipartisan diversity
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 16, 2023
The stateHouse of Representativespleasantly surprised battle-weary Pennsylvanians recently when it raised the possibility that it would attend to busi...
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With border visit, Biden makes things worse
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jan 11, 2023
Republicans have spent two years demanding that President Joe Biden visit the U.S.-Mexico border. They wanted Biden to face the real-world consequence...
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Those who hold the line deserve respect, not derision
Opinion, Сolumns
LYNN SCHMIDT Tribune News Service 
Jan 04, 2023
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (TNS) — District of Columbia Officer Michael Fanone and the others who responded to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, held the ...
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The suppression of pandemic public policy dissidents
Opinion, Сolumns
SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
Jan 02, 2023
If we heard it once, we heard it a thousand times. ”The science says...” ”The data show...” ”The experts agree...” Now we know that the government too...
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Twitter Files show Dem/Big Tech bond
Opinion, Сolumns
NOLAN FINLEY The Detroit News 
Dec 21, 2022
DETROIT (TNS) — What we’ve learned from Elon Musk’s Twitter Files is what we’ve long suspected. The social media platform was run by progressives who ...
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Sinema’s switch and Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 18, 2022
U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona woke up the political world with an announcement earlier this month. She changed her party affiliation, dropping t...
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Grow more teachers for Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 15, 2022
Pennsylvania has an urgent need to convince more high school students to return to classrooms as teachers. According to the U.S. Department of Educati...
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Political greed backfired for Pa. Democrats
Opinion, Сolumns
PAUL MUSCHICK The Morning Call 
Dec 15, 2022
ALLENTOWN (TNS) — There are many things worth debating in the Pennsylvania Legislature. Which party is in charge of the state House right now is not o...
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Blame consumers for inflation? Here’s real culprit
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. ANTONI - Tribune News Service 
Dec 15, 2022
If you want to know what it means to add insult to injury, look no further than Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. In a recent late-night interview, she...
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In quest to get Trump, secrecy strikes again
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Nov 24, 2022
Think back five years to the frenzy of news reporting and commentary over what was called Trump-Russia "collusion" — the allegation that the 2016 Trum...
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I stand with the Constitution
Opinion, Сolumns
SEN. GENE YAW 
Nov 24, 2022
The political climate in the United States nears an instability unwitnessed by anyone alive today. We hear calls for revolution across the political s...
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Is age really just a number?
Opinion, Сolumns
THOMAS V. DiBACCO Tribune News Service 
Nov 24, 2022
BALTIMORE, Md. (TNS) — In 1957, the decade-old Centers for Disease Control prohibited individuals under 21 from receiving vaccines during the major in...
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Cheap oil talks louder than justice
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 23, 2022
When President Joe Biden screws up, he deserves to be called out just like any other American president. He had already generated considerable controv...
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Can we have a break?
Opinion, Сolumns
BRANDON McGINLEY 
Nov 22, 2022
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Seven days. That’s how much time the American people were given to rest and recollect between the 2022 midterm elections and the fi...
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Bono’s moment of surrender
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 22, 2022
It’s a beautiful day when one of the world’s biggest rock stars talks about the benefits of capitalism. Global icon Bono is known for both his music a...
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Shop small businesses all year
Opinion, Сolumns
KELLY HUNT Special to The Era 
Nov 21, 2022
Ornaments already are dangling from the table-top and pre-lit trees at Perry Floral and Gift. Up too are twinkling holiday lights. Tucked under the gr...
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