On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks — for which we will observe another anniversary tomorrow — the Sun-Gazette’s editorial board made an observation. “The 2,982 names on the memorial will never be first and foremost evidence of the case for or against the Patriot Act,” ...
Data from the most recent WV MetroNews West Virginia poll, presented during this year’s state Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit, contained “a warning sign … for political leadership in the state.” Despite the incessant dive by too many elected officials for the cheapest possible political points, most West Virginians (73% of those registered voters who were polled) are more worried about economic development and jobs than social issues. “By a clear majority, nearly three-fourths … said the Legislature should be focusing on economic development issues ...
Our system of government was wisely designed as a democratic republic — democratic in that most offices that have any measure of authority over our lives are filled, directly or indirectly, through democratic means and republican in that constitutions determine the scope of that authority, ...
Elk grazing in a field, a frog in a pond, a river meandering through forests, sunsets over waterways. The Susquehanna Greenways Partnership recently announced the winners for its annual photography contest, featured in the outdoors section of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette this past ...
Iran keeps behaving like an outlaw regime. Australia expelled Tehran’s ambassador last week based on intelligence that its government masterminded an attack on a synagogue in Melbourne and a kosher food company in Sydney. The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog is receiving enhanced security because of what he calls a threat “ from the direction ” of Iran. On Sunday, the Iran-backed Houthis raided the offices of the World Food Program, World Health Organization and UNICEF in Yemen’s capital. Two and a half months after the United States launched airstrikes against ...
Politicians are abundant in putting their self-serving “spin” on issues, circumstances and new developments good and bad, and they’re not shy about voicing rosy predictions and making promises for if they are successful at the ballot box. People who follow politics closely recognize ...
