In today’s economy, a quarter doesn’t buy very much, even though it sometimes is the difference between buying something and not being able to make the purchase. Sometimes, superstitious gamblers drop a quarter near a slot machine at a casino, supposedly as a determinant as to whether or ...
A recent front page of our Williamsport Sun-Gazette reported on a record being set — but it isn’t a record any American should take pride in. The U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion. It is an issue that we as an editorial board have encouraged our elected officials to take ...
The 50 percent tariffs announced Monday by President Donald Trump on all cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel from Canada would crush manufacturers in the United States and raise prices in both countries. The silver lining is that Trump said these import taxes would not take effect until Jan. 1, leaving time for negotiators to disarm an economic land mine. A bilateral deal appeared close last week before talks broke down at the 11th hour. Neither Trump nor Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to look as if he’s succumbing to bullying from the other, so the escalation has ...
As we noted in this past weekend’s editorial, our region is enriched by an economy that offers employment to suit any situation — blue-collar, white-collar and other. Part of ensuring that the bevy of opportunities can continue — and can continue to offer our region significant choices ...
This weekend, the Little League Baseball World Series concludes in South Williamsport. The nuance that the sports organization was founded in Williamsport and now hosts the championship in the neighboring community is often lost on visiting media and other visitors, to the amusement of some ...
After six months of war with Iran, President Trump has a credibility problem. His blustering threats, alternating with claims of imminent peace and victory, are doubted by friends and foe. Will his new threat this week on Truth Social of the “MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!” be different? By now the world will have to see it to believe it. No President has yet climbed the Iran sanctions ladder with China, moving from the isolated “teapot” refineries that buy Iran’s oil to the Chinese state-owned enterprises that support them. Nor has any ...
