Pennsylvania, once again, is considering whether the recreational use of marijuana should be legalized. One of the newest wrinkles to surface in the debate is whether the state should establish state-owned and -run stores to sell the product, akin to our state’s system of liquor ...
We believe every lawmaker should be committed to food availability, regardless of political party and under whose presidential administration a good program was launched. Unfortunately, politics appears to have infiltrated a good, worthy food program covering Central Pennsylvania and people ...
Tren de Aragua is a notorious gang. Its members traffic in people and drugs. They torture and kill with impunity in countries where they operate. They are despicable and dangerous criminals. But they’re not what the White House makes them out to be: an invading military force. An invading military force looks like the Russian army, invading Ukraine. Or Allied soldiers, storming the beaches of Normandy. Of course, the White House crew doesn’t actually believe we face a military tanks-and-commandos invasion. When they use the word “invasion,” they mean something different: ...
Today is an Election Day. The election in question is a primary election for numerous municipal positions and school boards. The 2025 election cycle, like most cycles that fall between presidential and congressional elections, often fails to receive the level of attention to which voters hold ...
Earlier this month, William Nichols Jr., Williamsport’s former finance director, was sentenced to 12 months of probation for felony charges of tampering with public records and theft by failure to make required disposition. Nichols’ “leadership,” if it can be called that, had evaded ...
On a Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the successor to the late Pope Francis. As with many cultural events, experts came out of the woodwork. People who two weeks ago had never heard of a single Cardinal became experts on the internal politics of the Vatican. With intense media coverage of an ever-growing list of candidates, the task of finding a new Pope seemed less like a solemn religious ceremony and more like the lead up to ...
