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Opinion

Speed cameras’ purpose is to help generate income

DEAR EDITOR: Per the Trib article, March 26, speed cameras are an ancillary service, meaning their sole purpose is to generate additional income, says Chief John Freeman, Girard. The chief further says while the camera program does help slow down traffic, doing that is not as important as ...

Why won’t Congress push back against President Trump?

DEAR EDITOR: I have always been a never Trumper but not just because of dislike. I have voted Republican or Democrat depending on the leadership I see in the candidate and the times our country is going through. Donald Trump has never shown any effort to promote anyone but himself and his ...

Why the Social Security system doesn’t work now

DEAR EDITOR: As a person who was born in 1935, raised during the beginnings of Social Security, let me explain how it worked. In the wake of the Depression, a group of people trying to survive got together, worked and paid their dues, then the next generation worked and paid their dues, ...

Strive to behave as ‘Easter People’ throughout year

For Christians, Sunday is the holiest day of the year — Easter. It is a day of celebration, commemorating the resurrection of the Son. For millennia, this season also has been a time to celebrate the return of the sun, when our minds are on a kind of rebirth and living again in the ...

‘Naked Niki,’ Trump endorsement dominate GOP US House primary

There’s more to U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce than his endorsement by President Donald Trump and more to his Republican primary challenger Niki Frenchko than her attention-grabbing photos to draw people to her “OnlyFrenchko” website. With early voting starting Tuesday and the May 5 primary a ...