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I watched several hours of the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Special Prosecutor Jack Smith on Thursday, January 22. Every Republican I saw wore a self-satisfied smirk, dripping disdain and contempt for the truth. Their only interest was character assassination of Jack Smith. Most of them who asked Smith questions interrupted when he tried to answer. Many were careful to end their comments with exaggerations, hints, insinuations, and innuendos just as their time expired, giving Smith no opportunity to clarify or defend himself, and making certain that THEIR assumptions were ...

A paradox

How is it that the liberal protesters in Minneapolis can protect, physically defend and decry the arrests of rapist, child molesters, murderers, extortionist, human traffickers and all sorts of criminals who are here illegally, who resist arrest and even attacking with deadly force the officers arresting them. And yet most of those protesters would probably say it is alright to kill millions of innocent people through abortion because of an inconvenient pregnancy? Why don’t they protest those murders also? DANIEL J. TUCKER Ulysses Submitted by Virtual Newsroom

Grow up

This is response to that disgusting letter titled “Un-United States” in this column in a recent edition. This whole business of rioting by those left-wing lunatics in the formerly great state of Minnesota and elsewhere in the country is occurring only because of the extreme incompetence of the Biden administration allowing a massive influx of illegal immigration which included pushers of dangerous drugs killing Americans, child traffickers, thieves, murderers, rapists, and God knows what else. ICE law endorsement officers are there doing their patriotic duty by fighting this evil ...

National Mentoring Month

“Any society that does not succeed in tapping into the energy and creativity of its youth will be left behind.” - Kofi Annon Former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Since 2007, U.S. Presidents George W. Bush; Barack Obama; Joe Biden, and Donald Trump have recognized January as National Mentoring Month through Proclamation and Messaging. Locally we celebrate the accomplishments of our youth in sports; the arts, and academics. There remains however a need for Mentors to guide and encourage youth through generous giving of self. Mentoring is a calling to support youth in the ...

Landfill an asset

The county landfill is here to serve the people. Making a “profit” is not required. Proper management and in particular cash flow management is required. Because this part of the government is run as close to a business as allowed it is classified as an enterprise fund, which is different than other government funds. With the recent addition of land from our federal government our landfill can last over 100 years. Leadership with a vision as to how this additional land can be used to improve our landfill and provide services to benefit the people of Lycoming County and our ...

Don Soprano

It’s about time all these banana republics know who the big dog is. That’s right! We got the muscle and the means. The Western Hemisphere is our territory, and no two-bit dictator is going to thumb his nose at us without consequences. If there’s oil involved, all the better. And the same goes for Canada and Denmark when it comes to their holding out over our takeover of Greenland. Welcome to Soprano-style diplomacy. Gangsterism in the eyes of our former allies. U.S reputation internationally is already fading, along with the value of our currency and government debt. A thousand ...