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The humanity of all of us

The Letter to the Editor titled “The finger of God”, which appeared in the January 12 edition of this paper, needs to be challenged for its many distortions and false facts. First, the author claims that this is a Christian Nation! If that were true, we would not be the poorest example of caring for our citizens in the developed world. We have one of the highest rates of childhood poverty, hunger, medical care costs, incarceration of citizens, violence, guns per capita, with a system that, more and more, skews towards the ‘haves’ to the detriment of the ‘have-nots’. Add to ...

What bad news?

Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson says his weekly newsletter highlights “The Good, The Bad, and The Local.” In fact, what he actually provides is a highly selective version of reality. This week, his only “bad” news was reporting nearly two million Ukraine war casualties, noting Russia is “hardly winning” and declining. That is tragic—but why frame it this way? Is he suggesting reduced U.S. support for Ukraine? What is far more troubling is what he omitted. • Serious domestic crises, such as aggressive ICE actions in Minneapolis, which caused two deaths and ...

Who won in Minneapolis?

The recent drawdown of DHS agents from Minneapolis is being hailed as a victory for the forces of anarchy acting relentlessly to destroy our Republic and the American Dream. Indeed, a fair number of conservatives have expressed the drawdown “feels” like a loss. But is it? So let’s start with the proximate cause of the Minnesota mess. Under the mandate given Trump in the 2024 election, ICE was ordered to remove known criminal, illegal immigrants with existing Detainers, Arrest Warrants and Final Orders of Deportation from Minnesota, most of whom are current or recent guests of ...

When aid ends, a baby dies

President Trump promised countless sweeping actions on day one of his second term. Most of them never materialized. But one of the first major actions President Trump took was to end USAID, the agency responsible for global health programs, food security, disaster relief, and basic humanitarian support. Cutting it wasn’t just a bureaucratic shift; it was a decision with a body count. In the short term, researchers have estimated that 500,000–700,000 additional deaths per year as HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, and nutrition programs collapsed. Over the longer horizon, projections ...

Where is patriotism?

I’m first going to address the two letters printed by the editor on Jan. 9. Were either of the writers there when those two people were shot and did you see any of the videos that were taken? Where were you when Barack Obama deported more illegal immigrants than any other president? He also made a statement that they weren’t going to come here and get a free ride on the taxpayers’ backs. What about Joe Biden, when he was a senator, stating that the illegal immigrants aren’t wanted here and they have to go? We also have a Constitution and laws in this country, at least I think ...

Sanctuary cities

I believe during the Biden term the Democrats were able to import between 15 and 20 million new illegal new voters. they put them up in sanctuary cities controlled by Democrats. Democrats think that they have enough of them registered that they will be able to take over the House and Senate in this years election. Now they are willing to shut down the government to be able to keep their new voters. HARLAN PIDCOE JR. Muncy Township Submitted by Virtual Newsroom