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Anti-Semitism on campuses is shameful

Shortly after one of the worst terrorist attacks perpetrated against Israel and its people last October 7th – the Israeli 9/11 – it seemed throughout most of the world and certainly here in the United States, there was nothing but universal outcry for Israel. Indeed, the resolution I introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate shortly after that terrible event, condemning Hamas and pledging support for Israel and its people, received bipartisan, unanimous support, as did similar measures across the country. It is nearly incomprehensible that we are seeing college campuses continuing to ...

The role and history of the First Amendment

The Lycoming Law Association was looking for someone in the Bar willing to go into Williamsport Area High School and talk with the sophomores in civics classes to talk about the First Amendment. The opportunity fired me up because I have been talking about the First Amendment in colleges and law schools. Why should sophomores in high school be any less challenged by the role of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution in our historical journey as a nation? My talk began with quoting George Washington’s letter to the Jews. In his famous letter to the Jews of Newport, ...

Bird flu: How concerned should we be?

There are 36 known infected herds across 9 states. The last identified herd was on April 25. Is this fizzling out? Could be. Or, more likely, it’s continuing to spread without us knowing. Testing animals and humans is still voluntary, and asymptomatic testing is not happening. We are flying blind. This is nicely demonstrated in wastewater. There are quite a few areas where Flu A is “high” or “medium” in wastewater– indicating H5N1 since we are out of flu season– but where herds have not been identified. There is still just one confirmed human case. I would not be ...

Why do 2 congressmen support ‘two big lies?’

These Two Big Lies live on to this day: “The Election of 2020 was stolen;” and, “the Capitol was not violently attacked on January 6.” All available evidence completely refutes these baseless fabrications.. But don’t tell that to Congressmen Glenn Thompson and Dan Meuser. Most of of their supporters don’t want to hear it and they don’t want to lose their jobs. It is hard not to wonder if Proverbs 12;19 got it backwards in declaring: “Truth will last forever. But lies last only a moment.” The Two Big Lies of 2021 appear capable of lasting forever. They are so stubborn ...

Western civilization vs. higher learning

What pro-Hamas, pro-Palestinian campus extremists, fueled by dark money and outside agitators, are demanding is not co-existence of Palestine and Israel. Instead, they are advocating the total obliteration of America’s closest ally, to establish a Palestinian state that stretches from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This is a dog whistle, an insidious call to any fanatical radical or fringe groups, whose sole pursuit is destruction, fear, and hate to join the fight against the West, American values, and the Jewish people. The faculty and administration at world-renowned ...

EV vote drives marginalized the wrong way

In a pivotal vote affecting America’s automotive landscape, a bipartisan effort to halt the EPA’s strict emissions standards was defeated. This crucial piece of legislation from Senators Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, and Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, aimed to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s punitive and unachievable emissions standards that would effectively mandate a near-complete shift to electric vehicles by 2032. The EPA policy in question, which will limit consumer choice and undermine national security, merits further examination for its effects on marginalized ...