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Where is the justice?

First of all, we do not deny that the U.S. government has an obligation to enforce existing laws on immigration. But the current administration has chosen to enforce those laws outside the legal norms of due process and the presumption of innocence. The foundation of our legal system is built on these norms, norms that apply to any and all defendants, regardless of their immigration status. As enforcement is now being exercised, a homegrown criminal is afforded more constitutional protection than an immigrant whose sole offense is lacking the legal basis for working and living in ...

Failing to deliver for working class

President Trump and the Republican Party have done nothing to improve the lives of working-class Americans since taking control of all three branches of government in 2025. They don’t care about you or me. Their focus is on enriching their wealthy donors and the Epstein class. Inflation — something Trump promised to fix on “day one” — remains far too high, and the rising cost of basic necessities is making life increasingly difficult for most Americans. Instead of addressing affordability, Trump and congressional Republicans appear far more interested in increasing their own ...

The impact fee works

We’ve all heard the benefits of Pennsylvania’s prolific natural gas reserves. It’s an economic driver – supporting thousands of direct and indirect jobs in the state, while also providing a cleaner, more affordable and reliable energy source for our residents. But did you know that it’s also helping to provide affordable housing throughout the Commonwealth? Revenue from Pennsylvania’s unique natural gas impact fee (which is basically a tax) helps to fund the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) Fund. This statewide program provides ...

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 ...