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Current disasters

I was pleased to read the article on Ray Bilger candidate for our congressional representative. We need someone who will check our current incompetent president. The current Republicans are unwilling to stand up to him to check his misguided actions. They are not willing to carry out their responsibilities as a co-equal branch of our government. Thus, the only way to check his outrageous misadventures is to elect a democrat that will serve the interests of our community and nation. Otherwise, the next two years will continue the current disasters. DAVID STONE Williamsport Submitted ...

A public servant his entire life

The framers of our Constitution understood the danger of concentrating power in one person. They established three branches of government – executive, legislative and judicial – with checks and balances to prevent abuses of power. Yet the Republican-controlled Congress has repeatedly failed to exercise its constitutional authority to check the many excesses of the Trump administration. It has failed to stop the unauthorized war in Iran, unauthorized taxes via tariffs, unauthorized destruction of the East Wing, unauthorized use of the military to police U.S. cities, and the ...

Common sense

I read with interest your October 18, 2026 article on page C6 by Pastor Donald Gaffney, “Pastor works to facilitate dialogue about gun violence.” I can only ask the pastor, “What is the rest of his plan to prevent gun violence?” How does he contemplate preventing future Sandy Hook school shootings? I was surprised to read the pastor has a license to carry concealed gun permit. Does he carry in his church to protect his flock? Far too many “Common Sense Gun Controls” proposed by well-meaning folks merely impose more gun controls on honest gun owners. We have laws against ...

Tyranny is here

This letter is in response to “It’s up to all of us” in Wednesday’s paper and “Freedom or tyranny” in today’s paper. Both letter writers are repeating the unsubstantiated name-calling and ‘alternative facts’ of their clueless leader and his mindless minions. Let me start by saying I don’t buy the ‘party line’ of either party. I do my best to research individual candidates to find out what they actually intend and hope to accomplish if elected. This gets harder to do as both parties spend most of their resources diverting attention from issues they have no ...

A congressman who delivers

Central Pennsylvanians are worried about prices for everyday needs, affordable health care, an unjustified war, quality education, and a corrupt administration. Representative Glenn GT Thompson did nothing in his last term to show he understands Central Pennsylvanians’ concerns, and his re-election campaign makes clear he won’t change. When Thompson was asked about the district’s most pressing issues, he cited his “great legislative success” restoring whole and 2% milk in schools and added a vague statement about the need for a long-term farm bill. He said nothing about ...

Confessions of a Republican

I have been a Republican since Barry Goldwater’s faltering 1964 run. I was 13. They said if you voted for Goldwater, the war in Vietnam would escalate. “They” were right. My leanings were strange, considering my mom and dad were FDR Democrats who had grown up during the Depression. My older brother voted for the first time in the ’64 election and convinced me that Goldwater was the right guy. I was following my parents’ lead as an LBJ supporter. I can’t exactly recall his argument, but the conversion had something to do with me egging him on about his political views during ...