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    No, democracy is not on the ballot
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No, democracy is not on the ballot
    RICH LOWRY 
    Nov 01, 2022
    Democracy is under threat — the wrong candidates could win more votes than their opponents in hotly contested free and fair elections. That’s the worr...
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    High-speed rail is a progressive fantasy
    Opinion, Сolumns
    High-speed rail is a progressive fantasy
    RICH LOWRY 
    Oct 11, 2022
    California progressives tried to build a European-style high-speed rail network and alienated the French in the process. A big New York Times piece on...
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    Don’t fear Elon Musk
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Don’t fear Elon Musk
    RICH LOWRY 
    Oct 07, 2022
    Elon Musk is about to pollute the country’s discourse, and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop him. This is the alarm going up about the eccentric b...
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    Hispanics weren’t what progressives thought
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Hispanics weren’t what progressives thought
    RICH LOWRY 
    Oct 04, 2022
    One of the most significant events in American politics is that Hispanics are, in effect, deciding that they are working-class voters rather than ethn...
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    Democrats scapegoat Biden for their own misjudgments
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Democrats scapegoat Biden for their own misjudgments
    RAMESH PONNURU Tribune News Service 
    Jul 21, 2022
    Democratic discontent with President Joe Biden is boiling over into the press. His polling is abysmal, his age is showing and the Democrats are facing...
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    How Dobbs ruling will (and won’t) change America
    Opinion, Сolumns
    How Dobbs ruling will (and won’t) change America
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Jun 30, 2022
    The overturning of Roe v. Wade, and thus of a woman's supposedly constitutional right to an abortion, was expected, but that doesn't make it any less ...
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    After court argument, seething frustration on the left
    Opinion, Сolumns
    After court argument, seething frustration on the left
    BYRON YORK 
    Dec 09, 2021
    One theme of Democratic control of Washington has been frustration, especially among the party’s progressive wing and its cheerleaders in the media, t...
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    Democrats’ bad miscalculation
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Democrats’ bad miscalculation
    Nov 05, 2021
    Democrats have badly overplayed the hand they were dealt when voters in 2020 gave them control of the White House and both houses of Congress. Party m...
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    Guest Comment: The coming civil war in the Democratic Party
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Guest Comment: The coming civil war in the Democratic Party
    NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
    Sep 25, 2021
    Conservatives, Republicans and Trump supporters should start licking their chops in anticipation, because in the very near future the spectacle long w...
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    Democrats’ $3.5T spending plan to get a trim
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Democrats’ $3.5T spending plan to get a trim
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Sep 21, 2021
    The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion price t...
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    Biden scores win, but battle for hearts and minds far from over
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Biden scores win, but battle for hearts and minds far from over
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Mar 16, 2021
    President Joe Biden is riding high thanks to his success in pushing through the massive $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill he signed last week. Polls ...
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    Manchin drives Dems crazy. They need more senators like him
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Manchin drives Dems crazy. They need more senators like him
    DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
    Mar 01, 2021
    Sen. Joe Manchin, the self-styled conservative Democrat from West Virginia, is driving progressives crazy — and he doesn’t seem to mind. Manchin says ...
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    America suffering from PTSD
    Opinion, Сolumns
    America suffering from PTSD
    CHRIS STANLEY Special to The Era 
    Jan 21, 2021
    Whatever one thinks of the national news media, it seems clear that their insistence on reporting every detail of what President Trump has said or don...
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    ‘Defund the Police’ and the damage already done
    Opinion, Сolumns
    ‘Defund the Police’ and the damage already done
    BYRON YORK 
    Nov 19, 2020
    Remember the debate over the meaning of the phrase “defund the police”? Repeated over and over on the progressive left, it seemed pretty clear — it me...
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    No, the Democrats won’t pack the Supreme Court
    Opinion, Сolumns
    No, the Democrats won’t pack the Supreme Court
    RICH LOWRY 
    Sep 28, 2020
    For many progressive opinion-makers, the only way to save the Supreme Court is to destroy it. They believe the best response to the Republican-held Se...
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    The DNC’s massive evasion
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The DNC’s massive evasion
    RICH LOWRY 
    Aug 22, 2020
    The number of Republicans speaking at the Democratic National Convention had progressives on edge. They shouldn’t have fretted. Even if a handful of e...
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    Insurgent candidates across Pennsylvania are rattling establishment Democrats
    Bradford, Local News, News
    Insurgent candidates across Pennsylvania are rattling establishment Democrats
    ANDREW SEIDMAN The Philadelphia Inquirer 
    Nov 04, 2019
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — In Allegheny County, the longtime Democratic district attorney — a household name in Western Pennsylvania politics — is facing hi...
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    The Tawdry and Dumb Nazi Charge
    Opinion, Сolumns
    The Tawdry and Dumb Nazi Charge
    RICH LOWRY 
    Jul 05, 2018
    The Nazi analogy has long been recognized as the crudest and dumbest form of argument, but it is enjoying a renaissance. Former CIA Director Michael H...
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    Eugenics was a progressive cause
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Eugenics was a progressive cause
    GEORGE F. WILL 
    Mar 10, 2017
    WASHINGTON — The progressive mob that disrupted Charles Murray's appearance last week at Middlebury College was protesting a 1994 book read by few if ...
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    Progressives moderately optimistic after Reed town halls
    Local News, News
    Progressives moderately optimistic after Reed town halls
    TOM DINKI Special to The Era 
    Feb 21, 2017
    Local progressives weren’t expecting U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., to radically change his views on issues like health care, abortion and President Dona...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Local Sports, Sports
    State tourism officials: In 2026, Pa. will be the ‘epicenter of the sports world’
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    (TNS) —As golfers teed off during opening day of this year's 125th U.S. Open Championship, state officials inside of a tent overlooking the course's 1...
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