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Opinion

Democracy, capitalism and the future

Other Commentaries

Democracy and capitalism in America - can they both survive in the direction we are headed? First of all, is it really about the ideologies of the left and right? If it is, we are lost. Most on both sides believe in capitalism in some form, but our hot button issues are many times societal, ...

Allegations against railroad troubling

Editorials

The National Transportation Safety Board’s allegation that Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the investigation of the Feb. 3, 2023, Norfolk derailment on the outskirts of East Palestine, Ohio, near Ohio’s border with Pennsylvania, is the latest development in the rail ...

We the party

Letters

“That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the ...

Change in planting policies good news — but telling

Editorials

It is good news that the state Department of Transportation will, under a new law, discontinue the planting of non-native or “invasive” species along Pennsylvania’s roadways, as reported bt The Center Square in Tuesday’s edition of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. But it is also ...

Susceptible to something of a summer surge

Other Commentaries

I thought it was the same bad cold that others had–nasal congestion, sore throat, fatigue, and mild stomach upset. By the next day, I had tested positive for COVID-19, which roiled into slight fevers and a nagging headache. Catching COVID-19 came about despite my being fully up-to-date with ...