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What other newspapers are saying: FAA must start to address worries

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 ...

Veterans continue to serve communities

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 ...

Retirement a reminder to be thankful for police

A long and storied career in law enforcement is coming to an end. Lycoming County Sheriff Mark Lusk is rot seeking reelection as the county’s sheriff, opting to retire. He recently sat down with Sun-Gazette staff to discuss the highlights of career in law enforcement, which included ...

What other newspapers are saying: AI can’t cure loneliness

Mark Zuckerberg is right that our nation is beset by an epidemic of loneliness. People of every age now too often find themselves isolated from family, with too few friends and little to keep them company but the screens in their hands, on their desks and on their walls. But to Meta’s chief executive, every problem in the world is a nail and more technology is the hammer. Even by Zuckerberg’s standards, his recent comments about AI and loneliness were striking for their deep misunderstanding of what humanity really needs, which is genuine care, intimacy and love from other human ...

Gratitude on Memorial Day and every day

Monday is Memorial Day. On this solemn holiday, we often reflect on whether we do enough to commemorate this important day, whether we do enough to honor these heroes’ sacrifices throughout the year and whether we are doing enough to ensure future generations understand how important these ...

What other newspapers are saying: Medicaid trimming should be done thoughtfully

Elected officials across the country are bracing for proposed cuts to Medicaid as the federal government looks to change the way it spends taxpayer dollars. In West Virginia, Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is concerned enough about how such cuts would affect her state that she has emphasized the need to root out fraud, institute a work requirement and include other accountability measures before looking to cuts. But, according to a report by The Commonwealth Fund, Ohio is among the five states that would see the greatest economic losses from cuts to Medicaid funding. ...