Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s latest initiative deserves praise. As announced last week, the U.S. Department of State will discontinue issuing visas to foreign officials and dignitaries who, in the department’s words, “are complicit in censoring Americans.” Rubio said, according ...
Gun store thefts don’t happen very often – but we still think additional penalties for such thefts are a good idea. Three state senators are drafting legislation to increase penalties for those convicted of stealing firearms from a gun shop. It’s a bill that should, in our opinion, ...
The most telling moment of Donald Trump’s meeting with Cyril Ramaphosa was not the cynical screening of footage promoting false claims of “white genocide” in South Africa. It was when a reporter asked the US president what he wanted his counterpart to do about it. Mr Trump replied: “I don’t know.” Leaders enter the Oval Office uneasily, especially since the kicking administered to Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The South African president came armed with gratitude, two golf stars, a billionaire and compliments on the decor – and kept a cool head and a straight face as he was ...
We are relieved a lawsuit filed by officials in Bucks County has been dismissed. The lawsuit targeted six major oil and gas companies, arguing the financial impact of climate change warranted a civil judgement and monetary damages. As the judge who dismissed the case noted — and many ...
Until the midair collision that claimed 67 lives on Jan. 29 near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, followed soon thereafter by a number of other incidents involving planes, some of those incidents also resulting in fatalities, members of the flying public generally had exuded great confidence regarding their safety while using that mode of travel. Now, however, many of those same travelers do not feel quite as secure, due to what has been happening during recent weeks on the air travel front. It is clear that the level of confidence that had existed in the past will not ...
As we editorialized in this past weekend’s edition, veterans deserve our appreciation to a degree that we truthfully can probably never reach. A group of veterans in eastern Lycoming County and surrounding communities somehow went above and beyond the tremendous sacrifices they already ...
