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Affordability through abundance

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“It is in the news, talked by our politicians: the issues of affordability, scarcity and the feeling of being left behind by many of our fellow citizens. Below, please consider my thoughts on the issue, The United States stands at an inflection point. Its institutions have not failed, but they have stalled—pulled between distrust and dependence, paralyzed by scarcity thinking in an era defined by possibility. The nation still commands the greatest accumulation of knowledge, capital, and human talent in history. Yet it struggles to translate those assets into shared prosperity, ...

What other newspapers are saying: Uncommon sense from United Nations

Editorials

Maybe the United Nations isn’t as useless as it so often shows. A little over a week ago the Security Council endorsed President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza, ratifying for the first time the requirements that Hamas disarm and Gaza be demilitarized. The resolution passed 13–0, with Russia and China abstaining. It’s a setback for the terrorists. Many had worried that the U.S. jaunt to the Security Council would come at the price of bending the peace plan’s terms for Hamas or adding anti-Israel terms. Would France’s Emmanuel Macron elbow his way into the deal’s ...

The downfall of William Nichols Jr.

Letters

I recently read Clifford A. Rieders' opinion in the Sun-Gazette and in my opinion, Mr. Nichols got the best deal he could get, even though it may not seem right to some. Mr. Nichols was out-numbered and he was not going to win. He might have entertained the thought of taking “everyone” down with him which would be justified, but I assume that was not an option with “everyone”. Even if Mr. Nichols tried, he not only would have still lost but most likely he would have faced an even worse penalty and perhaps total destruction of his life. “Everyone” was not kidding. So we ...

Stand up for your community

Letters

Residents of Central and Northern Pennsylvania are at risk of losing access to the first-class news and entertainment WPSU has provided them for more than 70 years. WPSU now faces a turning point. With Penn State withdrawing funding for the station, alternative sources of funding are necessary to keep this essential public service alive. Fortunately, a solution is available. WHYY has offered a bold and compassionate plan to acquire WPSU—and, crucially, to maintain it as the independent, community-driven public media service that our region deserves. It’s not a takeover; it’s a ...

Holiday shopping season arrives

Editorials

This past weekend brought Small Business Saturday and the start of 2025’s holiday shopping season. We understand the impulse to decry the consumerism of the season — to search for something more authentic or more meaningful. And we believe there certainly should be days and moments ahead ...

Mamdani’s total victory

Letters

Mamdani proclaimed to the world the night of his victory that “there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about.” In other words, Mamdani intends to insert government into every aspect of every New Yorker’s life. Of course such total penetration of people’s homes and lives has a name: it’s called totalitarianism. That’s when government power totally intrudes everywhere, and personal privacy occurs totally nowhere. Communism is the nice name for the sum total of this brutal intrusion of which Mamdani is now its most famous ...