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They don’t deserve your vote

Despite controlling the House, Senate, White House, and Supreme Court, Republicans just can’t manage to accomplish anything for the American people. Rubber-stamp Republicans, however, have no problem enriching the Mar-a-Lago class and serving a corrupt and incompetent president who has said “affordability is a hoax,” gas prices are “peanuts,” and he “doesn’t care about inflation.” Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” eliminated food assistance for needy children and will cause 10–15 million Americans to lose health insurance while another 22 million face skyrocketing ...

A wish

For 12 days in South Williamsport, the world comes together for the Little League World Series. People come from around the world to enjoy it. And they all get along so well. Why not wish the rest of the world could get along as well as they do. The world would be a better place to live DOTTIE GIBBON Blossburg Submitted by mail

Fantastic

The Great Lakes Wind Symphony (GLWS) held a concert at the Howard Theater in the Williamsport Scottish Rite facility on Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23. In one word, it was FANTASTIC! Different from the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, this is a wind ensemble with no string instruments. A symphonic band is more familiar to most people, typically larger and includes string instruments. GLWS focuses on American composers including arrangements by the conductor himself. The concerts are based on timely themes, this past weekend’s being “For the Love of the Game” that ...

Was it worth it?

I am close to having lived 9 decades. Three of which was in the service of my country. However, I wonder if it was all worth it. I really wonder how those who fought in two world wars and two peace keeping missions feel. The concept of defending America by saving Europe and Asia in order to keep America safe was instilled in the youth of America and the American people. The Country was safe in the early years because it had two oceans protecting it. As time went on, those oceans were not so protective because science and engineering made any place on the planet easy targets via aircraft ...

Certainly a Christian nation

Did the writer of the June 29 letter "Not a Christian nation" ever read any originally sourced material From our founding era, (letters, newspapers, documents, textbooks, etc.)? I hope not. If she did and continues to claim, we are not a Christian Nation, is dishonest. Otherwise, she is ignorant. She has ignored some proofs I laid out in previous letters. A careful reading of The Declaration of Independence references God a number of times. In fact, there are direct references: ‘The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God’; ‘Creator’; ‘Divine Providence’; ‘Supreme Judge of ...

Favoring developers over Pennsylvanians

I farm 84 acres in Gregg Township, Union County. I’ve never written to a newspaper before. Josh Shapiro is now telling Pennsylvanians that he’s the one putting up guardrails on data centers and Stacy Garrity is the one who changed her tune. Out here, we remember it differently. The governor put data centers on his permit fast-track program. Now he’s taken them off and says he’s protecting our communities. On the one thing we’ve been asking for — a pause — the record is clear. Stacy Garrity called for one months ago. The governor never has. His order this month stopped ...