Letters to the Editor
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Letters: Staggering New Alzheimer’s Statistics; Rallying Democracies; Supreme Hypocrisy; Opposition to Casino
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Staggering New Statistics Spotlight Ongoing Alzheimer’s Crisis in PA The Alzheimer’s Association 2022 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report illustrates the continued burden of Alzheimer’s in our country, and in […]
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Letters: PSU’s Silence on Casino; Support for Organizing at the Meadows; Climate Litigation; Regime Change
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Another Open Letter to PSU President Dear President Barron, Maybe you’ve been hoping for the casino opposition from the Happy Valley community to just fade away before your retirement ceremony. Oh my, but […]
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Letters: Send Pa. 7 Packing; Benninghoff Hasn’t Learned What Democracy Is About; Politics of Gas Prices; No to Casino; Supreme Conflict of Interest
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Send Them Packing Eight Republican Congressmen from Pennsylvania participated in the months-long attempted coup against our democracy, which led to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Seven […]
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Letters: Gas Prices Explained; Dictatorial Scheme; Is This Supporting Veterans?; Fix Monument Now
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Gas Prices Explained Government can impact gas prices. For example, in Pennsylvania, the Oil Company Franchise Tax and the Liquid Fuels Tax add $0.576 per gallon to the price of […]
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Letters: Pa. Needs Better Education Funding; Climate Change Security Risk; Voter Suppression; Will PSU Leaders Speak Out on Casino?
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Education Funding Needed in Pa. Throughout my career working with educators, I’ve seen a worrying trend: many schools are unable to afford both critical repairs to infrastructure and basic supplies […]
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Letters: Democracy Starts with Us; Benninghoff’s Blame Game; False Narrative of Business Tax Reductions
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‘Democracy Starts with Us’ The Pennsylvania legislature is among the largest and highest paid in the country. Unfortunately, democracy is not measured by how many state and federal representatives we […]
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Letters: What’s PSU’s Position on Casino?; Exclude No One from Human Rights; GT’s Political ‘Nonsense’
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An Open Letter to Penn State President Eric Barron Dear President Barron, I am writing today to urge you to integrate college gambling education and prevention efforts into existing Penn […]
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Letters: Pa. Senate Districts Make No Sense; Toomey’s ‘Charade’; Casino a Bad Example; Be Honest About Corporate Taxes; ‘Useful Idiots’
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Senate District Borders Make No Sense Think about it… there was a time when all of Centre, Clearfield and Clinton counties were part of the same state Senate district. That […]
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Letters: Don’t Let Mall Casino Further Pa.’s Gambling Addiction; Bypassing Normal Government Processes; Flushing Democracy
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Pennsylvania Is Addicted to Gambling Last Sunday’s Super Bowl set a record with Americans wagering nearly $8 billion on the game. This dramatic increase is a direct result of the legalization […]
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Letters: Remember Infrastructure Votes; Safely Store Firearms; Hats Off to Patton Township Supervisors
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Remember Infrastructure Bill Votes Congressmen Fred Keller and Glenn Thompson and most of the rest of the Republican Caucus proudly voted against last year’s bipartisan infrastructure bill, even while knowing […]