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Overwhelming Judeo-Christian heritage

Letters

Kudos to Dr. Timothy Pagana for telling the truth regarding the contribution of many Christian forefathers at the time of our great Nation’s birth. (Sun-Gazette Wednesday, November 12, 2025, page A4). In his opinion article, “We cut God from governance to our peril,” he succinctly rebuffs the untruth that modern secularists, among them several local and syndicated progressive blowhards, attempt to lead us to believe in their oft opinionated political diatribes regarding the nonsense of their very deceitful contemporary historical revision. Despite the vital and necessary role ...

Republicans need to care

Letters

Everyone wants what’s best for themselves and their families. We try to elect candidates who will work to make our lives better. That’s why it’s so hard to understand the greed and cruelty of Trump and elected Republicans focused only on their own self-interests while causing tremendous suffering for so many Americans. The Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” extends another huge tax break for Trump and his fellow billionaires ballooning our national debt by trillions. It causes children to go hungry withholding SNAP food assistance and closes rural hospitals. ACA health ...

Making excuses

Letters

Remember when republicans were outrage that boys and young men were groomed by pedophiles. Now you have the Epstein files fight has some on the right questioning whether or not if Epstein is a pedophile of young girls and women, he groomed them. The reasoning is they have gone through puberty. No, it is just the old double standard. Just another example of republicans in power not valuing women and girls in our country. I have no love for the Republican party, but I applaud Representative Massie and Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene for their standing up for the victims of Epstein. ...

Drilling in Alaska right step for affordable energy

Letters

We are reassured by the White House’s decision to finalize plans to permit more oil and gas exploration in Alaska’s North Slope. Our editorial board has frequently warned the public that the hostility to conventional sources of energy would leave our region and our nation without the ...

Let’s lead the way in giving

Editorials

Charities here and elsewhere across the United States might have experienced a mild “mood boost” in June when the Associated Press reported that, after an adjustment for inflation, charitable giving in 2024 was found to have been up by 3.3% over 2023. But just as the busy ...

Leaving 94 percent of caregivers behind

Letters

I am outraged that Governor Shapiro and the Legislature once again passed a state budget that ignores 94 percent of Pennsylvania’s direct care workforce. Only a small portion of home care workers, those in the participant-directed program, received funding. The rest—the caregivers employed by home care agencies serving older adults and people with disabilities across this state—were left behind.  These are the most compassionate people in our workforce. They spend their days caring for others, yet many cannot afford to care for themselves. Because the state refuses to raise ...