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What other newspapers are saying: Deregulation of broadband will save taxpayers billions

Editorials

Did economists underestimate the damage of the Biden regulatory barrage? One reason the U.S. economy is outperforming expectations may be that the Trump Administration’s deregulation is offsetting tariff harm. Consider how it has uncorked broadband investment and saved taxpayers billions by slashing the Biden team’s red tape. Congress appropriated $42 billion in the 2021 infrastructure bill for states to expand broadband to “unserved” and rural communities. The spending was unnecessary since satellite services like SpaceX’s Starlink and 5G fixed wireless services were rapidly ...

An insult to today's seniors

Letters

A recent op-ed column, “The quiet engine behind youth’s malaise,” claims that America’s fiscal system showers “wealthy seniors” with vast, undeserved benefits at the direct expense of younger generations. It insists the system isn’t skewed toward the rich over ordinary people, but toward seniors over the young. That argument isn’t just flimsy, it’s built on conjecture, distortion, and a startling disregard for basic facts. It’s an insult to today’s seniors. The piece opens with an outrageous assertion that Medicare pays for “golf balls, greens fees, social club ...

A toast to a senator’s health

Letters

We’ve now watched Sen. John Fetterman recover his health twice. First, he recovered his personal cerebral health from a stroke. And now he’s recovered his political mental health from his party. As a result, Democrat Fetterman is now working openly on the national stage for the well being of America like all Democrats once did. In contrast, what now passes as Democrats are lock-stepped politicos ranting against America while working to sicken, disease, paralyze, and destroy the United States. The latest new leader of this “democratic” effort is the communist Mamdani. In the name ...

Independence in news reporting matters

Editorials

The Sun-Gazette has existed, in one form or another, for nearly 225 years. It should be no surprise that journalism and the public’s expectations for newspapers and other media have changed in those years. At one time, 200 to 150 years ago, newspapers generally were aligned with political machines. Some newspapers promoted the interests of a politician and the bureaucracies and factions they built, some promoted the interests of parties. You can still see remnants of this in the names of some newspapers — the Republican-Herald in Pottsville and the Tribune-Democrat in Johnstown, ...

More joy in serving

Letters

Thank you for printing the “Community and cooperation during the holidays” piece by Jamie Flick on December 24. He surveyed our community, finding and noting many local organizations that bring practical and loving assistance to people in need. He ends his piece acknowledging the benefits of quelling divisions and seeking wise solutions in our national discourse and political decisions. Many problems in our local community; yet, Mr. Flick highlights some examples where we shine. Don’t you find pleasure in recalling the experience of loving or being loved as more satisfying than ...

Outrage of the century

Other Commentaries

There have been many outrages in the last century, but in that list would have to be the cost of medical care. Both political parties blame each other, and there is plenty of fault to go around. Every once in a while, there are band-aid solutions such as getting a particular drug company to lower the prices on some important pharmaceutical. Other times, the government simply picks up the tab, and consumers ultimately pay in higher taxes and higher prices. What is missing in the medical healthcare field is full disclosure about pricing and costs. In my time on Pennsylvania’s Patient ...