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Protect elections

As a concerned citizen, I urge our nation’s governors to stand firm against calls to federalize control of American elections. The Constitution deliberately assigns the administration of elections to the states. The Founders understood that decentralizing this power would prevent dangerous concentrations of authority and safeguard democratic self-government. For more than two centuries, governors and state officials of both parties have upheld that system. Recent calls by President Donald Trump to “take over” or “nationalize” elections in states he claims cheats-without ...

More than the economy

In case you haven’t noticed, the American economy if performing much better these days. Granted, many food prices are still high and possibly may never come down from where they were under the Biden Administration. We need to look at the many things that have improved under Trump. Oil prices down, stock market up, border closed, criminal illegal immigrants being deported, Maduro is gone and hopefully, soon, the Ayatollahs. We have a much stronger country in general. We can’t afford to let the Democrats take back control of the Congress.  They have nothing but contempt for our ...

Two points on immigration

As we are about to endure yet another, albeit “partial”, government shutdown, some thoughts about issues presented by the rogue elements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), namely ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (Customs and Border Protection) are in order. I offer two points: 1. Administration claims of doxxing are both incredible and a predictable outcome of an ethics-averse enterprise. Our esteemed Republican Senators and Representatives have drawn a line in the sand about Democrats’ calls for rules prohibiting ICE and CBP agents from wearing ...

A community of love

I was graced to have seen the Community Theatre League’s rendition of Godspell this weekend.  Wow! What a blessing.  Brought tears to my eyes.  It focused mostly on some of the parables that Jesus used to bring HIs message to the world.  But throughout the musical it also offered a picture of the love of Christ and His followers toward each other.  A community of love!  Well done CTL. JERRY KABAT Williamsport Submitted by Virtual Newsroom

Pandernomics

Thomas Sowell said, “If you want to help someone, you tell them the truth; if you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.: Governor Shapiro and his barking, clapping, trained seals in the state senate obviously want to help themselves. In this election year, they are once again talking about raising the minimum wage in order to appeal to the economic illiterates among the voters, even though they know, or should know that this will hurt many of the people they are purporting to help. Shapiro stated that all the states around us have a higher minimum wage than ...

A better way

In a recent letter to the editor, the author discusses the consequences of president Trump ending USAID, the agency he says is responsible for global health programs, food security, disaster relief, and basic humanitarian support. While these programs are certainly noble, we as a country with an annual $1 trillion plus budget deficit are not in a fiscal position to support programs outside the United States that don’t affect everyday Americans. $1 trillion a year deficits equals $2,857 on every Americans government” credit card”, which will not be paid by us, but by our children ...