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Violence and misogyny

America’s fertility rate dropped to a historic low: govfacts.org reported in December 2025 the fertility rate is 1.6 children per woman, well below the 2.1 per woman level needed to maintain the current population(without immigration). The rising cost of living-childcare, education, housing-all contribute to a falling birth rate. Furthermore, social norms and shifting priorities , people marrying later or not at all, and concerns about the future (climate change, political instability) also play a part. The most telling reason , though, is women making a conscious decision to ...

Thank you

As a former resident of Lycoming County, I wanted to write a note thanking the Muncy Township supervisors for the entertainment they provide with their lame excuse of leadership and the joke that their meetings have become. Also thank you to the Sun-Gazette for recording the meetings so that people like myself who now live out of the state can enjoy watching unqualified individuals attempt to play politics and be grateful we don’t live in the area anymore. Its fantastic entertainment, who needs daytime soap operas when you have this! VINCENT MICHAEL Mooresville Submitted ...

No fun in the Sun

My neighbors and I are done with your Republican paper. Its cartoons and editorials are always attacking the other side. There’s no fun in the Sun. We choose The Express. It’s a homespun paper with simple issues that people want to read. One thing you need is a page that lists all the scams in the area. They come to our Seniors every day from their computers, mail, and phone and they don’t know where to turn for help. The Sun could Alert the public in every issue, but you won’t, because you don’t work for the people. They would know it was fake if you were helpful. So, keep ...

Deck is stacked

As I write this letter, on April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court has once again shown itself to be another political branch of our government, not the apolitical guardian of the Constitution the Founding Fathers intended. They have decided, along biased party lines, that gerrymandering to ensure every voter an equal voice is unconstitutional, but gerrymandering to give one party an advantage is perfectly fine…and can be done whenever - not on the traditional 10-year timetable that is tied to the census. Gerrymandering is “the political tactic of manipulating the boundaries of electoral ...

Disrespect

Williamsport mayor Slaughter has arrogantly disrespected every single veteran from the American Revolution to the present by canceling the 4th of July celebration on this, our 250th birthday. His weak excuse of insufficient police manpower doesn’t hold water. The festival has always been more than adequately protected by our city police with additional support from the county sheriff’s department, the county detectives and the state police. Since the mayor hasn’t had the courtesy to explain the situation, I’m surmising that since he’s a Democrat, he’s infected with ...

Selective outrage

If a Democratic president had done even a fraction of what Donald Trump has done, Republicans would be screaming for impeachment hearings. Imagine the reaction from Republicans if Barack Obama or Joe Biden had run for office with 34 felony convictions and a trail of bankruptcies. Or if either tried to overturn a presidential election and incited a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. What if a Democratic president talked about suspending constitutional rights, deployed federal forces into states over governors’ objections, or bypassed Congress’s constitutional authority over war powers ...