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What other newspapers are saying: Loss of researchers alarming

You know there’s a problem when scientists in the United States increasingly see European bureaucracy as a safer setting for conducting their cutting-edge research than their home country’s own institutions. The European Research Council, which grants funding for academic work in the European Union, has seen a surge in applications, the Financial Times reported this week. That included nearly triple the number of proposals from Americans compared to the year before. The United States is still the world’s leading scientific research power, but competition is growing more fierce, ...

Animal protections need improvement

Over the years, television has provided an accurate perspective of the problem — “affliction” sometimes might be the better descriptive word — of hoarding. We’re referring to people who have, in essence, ruined their lives, homes and also, perhaps, relationships because of having ...

Lawmakers should reflect on role in stalemate

No matter when and/or how Pennsylvania’s budget impasse ends, members of the General Assembly need to exercise an examination of conscience into why they allowed the current fiscal embarrassment to persist for so long — now having passed the three-month mark for a basic budget-preparation ...

What other newspapers are saying: Decorum rules might prove problematic

No one likes to be yelled at or cursed at, least of all a public official trying to do a hard job under difficult circumstances. That has been happening a lot at Frederick County Board of Education meetings recently. Some members of the public show up simply to spew venom at the officials. It is pretty tough to sit there and take it. The temptation is to prohibit people from cursing or yelling. The urge can be strong — but public officials need to resist it. The Policy Committee of the school board is considering updating its meeting policy to prohibit personal attacks during ...

Energy must remain priority

We know that the need for energy in both the U.S. and world is only growing. We’ve noted numerous times before that the role renewable energy can play in meeting that need will still be determined by as-of-yet-unrealized technological advances, and we’ve argued that until then, the ...

Redistricting fights hollow out middle of voters

From coast to coast and in between, staunchly Republican and staunchly Democratic states are weighing redrawing their congressional district boundaries, often in explicit ways to reach a clearly partisan outcome. We understand the impulse for engaged voters who feel strongly about the state ...