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When should a leader resign?
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 13, 2021
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave his resignation Tuesday. Or, formally, two weeks from Tuesday, for the detail-conscious who care to know. The alerts f...
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Texas Dems insult voters
Opinion, Сolumns
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Jul 20, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — Based on the fawning national media coverage, you’d think that Texas Democratic legislators are nothing short of civil-right...
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Bill Cosby might be home, but he isn’t home free
Opinion, Сolumns
ROBIN ABCARIAN - Tribune News Service 
Jul 02, 2021
Bill Cosby, who is accused of drugging and assaulting dozens of women over many decades, walked out of a maximum-security prison in Pennsylvania on We...
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An ominous prelude to the Fourth of July
Сolumns
JOHN M. CRISP Tribune News Service 
Jun 29, 2021
This year’s celebration of the Fourth of July provides a particularly apt occasion for considering the health of our republic. Opinions vary. One frie...
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Bradford crowds stirred by famed activist Anthony
Local News, Online Features
KAY HURLEY, AAUW Member 
Mar 20, 2021
(Editor’s note: In April 2021, the Bradford Branch of the American Association of University Women will celebrate its 100th Anniversary. In partnershi...
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Why the Cuomo case drives Republicans crazy
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Mar 11, 2021
Things are looking worse by the hour for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Recently, a fourth, fifth and even a sixth, woman came forward to accuse him of i...
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Will life get back to normal?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOUG BADGER, Tribune News Service 
Mar 08, 2021
Can the federal government ban evictions? Seems like a pretty straightforward question. But the answer touches on a deeper one, as yet unsettled: Will...
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The good and the ugly of Trump
Opinion, Сolumns
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Mar 05, 2021
He walked out on the stage and the crowd was cheering, the music was blasting “I’m proud to be an American,” and former President Donald Trump did loo...
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Federal holiday for women?
Opinion, Сolumns
LESLIE ESBROOK, Tribune News Service 
Feb 25, 2021
The United States celebrates 11 permanent legal public holidays, if you include the quadrennial celebration of Inauguration Day. None of these holiday...
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What were the Capitol rioters thinking?
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Feb 25, 2021
It’s one of the most basic questions of the U.S. Capitol riot investigation: What was the rioters’ plan? What did they think was going to happen when ...
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Politics of election changes
Opinion, Сolumns
SUSAN SHELLEY Tribune News Service 
Feb 16, 2021
As the House impeachment managers made their case that former President Donald Trump made blatantly false statements about a stolen election for the p...
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How will history judge GOP senators?
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Feb 16, 2021
It always seemed unlikely that Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate Republican leader, would vote to convict the disgraced ex-president who, e...
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Toomey, Casey vote to find Trump guilty
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
RUTH BOGDAN r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Feb 15, 2021
Both Pennsylvania senators voted guilty in Saturday’s impeachment vote. Despite the support of U.S. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., the...
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Trump faces his next reality TV show
Opinion, Сolumns
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Feb 01, 2021
It’s the new America and the exposed plot of the moment is to hold a Senate trial on removing Donald Trump from office when he is no longer in office....
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A crazy impeachment
Opinion, Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jan 13, 2021
Democrats started trying to remove President Donald Trump from office before he entered office. Now they are proposing to remove him from office after...
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Thompson votes against certification of electoral votes
Local News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Jan 09, 2021
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson voted against certifying Pennsylvania’s electoral votes from the 2020 election. Thompson, R-Pa., spoke against t...
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COVID-19 tops list of Era’s top stories
Local News, Online Features
Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
Dec 31, 2020
Local residents certainly can say that 2020 was a year like no other. The novel coronavirus invaded every aspect of life, causing widespread issues fo...
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Congratulations, Joe Biden!
Opinion, Сolumns
NICHOLAS L. WADDY 
Dec 22, 2020
Now that the electoral college has spoken, it is high time that we Republicans salute and recognize the next president of these United States, Joseph ...
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