opinion

A better, fairer way to handle student loans
Opinion, Сolumns
RACHEL GRESZLER and LINDSAY BURKE Tribune News Service 
Jun 09, 2022
President Joe Biden is set to “forgive” $10,000 worth of student loan debt per borrower, for a total of $360 billion in loan elimination. This may sou...
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Gaffe-prone blowhard Biden is no Churchill
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Jun 01, 2022
The president of the United States is a blowhard — again. If the country thought that it was getting a buttoned-up, by-the-books communicator after fo...
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The Fed has set our economy up for disaster
Opinion, Сolumns
E.J. ANTONI and CHARLES BEAUCHAMP Tribune News Service 
May 26, 2022
For over a year, the Federal Reserve ignored myriad warning signs and continued injecting money into the economy. The result was the appearance of rob...
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Wisdom in the words left unspoken
Opinion, Сolumns
DAVID M. SHRIBMAN 
May 24, 2022
Americans often reflect on Robert Frost's meditation on roads not taken. Today, we might reflect on speeches not given — and on truths unspoken. One w...
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The stars, our destination
Opinion, Сolumns
May 17, 2022
Humanity’s understanding of the universe expanded dramatically last week. On May 9, NASA released the infrared test images of the Large Magellanic Clo...
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Our epidemic of hatred
Opinion, Сolumns
JIM SWEENEY Tribune News Service 
May 17, 2022
How can an 18-year-old be so filled with hate and rage? Authorities sayPayton Gendron, dressed in combat gear and armed with a shotgun and a semi-auto...
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Don’t weaponize demographic change
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 17, 2022
The horrific massacre in Buffalo has created a debate about the "great replacement theory," the rancid theory adopted by white supremacists that Jewis...
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Require meth house disclosure
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2022
Methamphetamines can kill. The illegal drugs themselves can be lethal, but it doesn't stop there. The labs are dangerous when they are operating. They...
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Fatal crashes trending up
Opinion, Сolumns
May 16, 2022
Traffic fatalities increased significantly nationally and inPennsylvaniain 2021, and more is at play than increased driving as pandemic-induced travel...
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The inextricable link between abortion and religion
Opinion, Сolumns
JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
May 16, 2022
There’s something admirable in the consistency of abortion’s most ardent opponents. If a fertilized egg is a full-fledged human life, its destruction ...
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DeSantis sets GOP agenda, and Dems should worry
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
May 16, 2022
The most intriguing politician in the Republican Party is an uncharismatic governor who's trying to make the GOP's culture war appealing to suburban m...
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Honor given for National Police Week
Opinion, Сolumns
STEPHANIE VETTENBURG-SHAFFER Special To The Era 
May 13, 2022
National Police Week allows us to reflect on the heroic work of law enforcement and remember those who have been killed in the line of duty. In McKean...
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Not the whole story on jobs
Opinion, Сolumns
May 13, 2022
The 428,000 net new jobs last month in the Labor Department’s report is mildly encouraging since every major industry added workers. But the report al...
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Other Voices: Mistake in Ukraine
Opinion, Сolumns
May 11, 2022
What a mistake the war in Ukraine has been. First, it should have never started — President Joe Biden and NATO were weak. When the first tank hit Ukra...
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Election delusion at Trump rally
Opinion, Сolumns
May 10, 2022
Under rainy skies last Thursday evening in Greensburg, several Pennsylvania politicians continued to indulge the delusion that Donald Trump won the 20...
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