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Editorials

Who’s afraid of big bad Bari?

There’s something bonkers in the hard left’s hysteria over Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News. A psych eval comes toward the end. John Oliver recently delivered an unhinged tirade against Weiss as a right-wing tool of MAGA. Oliver was his usual self — frantic hands, googly ...

Biden and Obama reign as true kings of the nation

So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, former President Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. He avoided the ...

American folklore is more than just scary stories

DONEGAL, Pennsylvania — It is 6:14 p.m. on a Thursday. You’re hiking along the Forbes Trail, nestled deep in the Appalachian Mountains somewhere along the Westmoreland-Somerset County lines. It is 19 minutes until sunset, and you have just over a mile to go, mostly uphill, before you are ...

Lack of due process a Trumpian headache

President Donald Trump's use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process. The Constitution's guarantee of due process requires ...

These are terrible times, but we will triumph

Two weeks ago more than 7 million of us poured into the streets to reject Trump's dictatorship. That's more than 2% of the adult population of the United States. Historical studies suggest that 3.5% of a population engaged in sustained nonviolent resistance can topple even the most brutal ...

Retain Arnie Clebone in Liberty trustee race

Liberty Township residents first elected Arnie Clebone as a trustee in 2017. On Tuesday, those who live there have an opportunity to retain him for a third four-year term. We believe Liberty residents should do just that. Clebone’s combination of education, experience, knowledge and passion ...