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Make an example of those who threaten our schools

Enough is enough.

4/21/2018 Our Opinion 0 comments

Politicians: Please spare us the gunslinger accusations

If Chris Rabb seems overly sensitive about perceived threats of violence, it’s understandable when you hear his story.

4/20/2018 Our Opinion 0 comments

Trump can remind people he is a titan of business

In the first bit of reasonable talk we’ve heard from this administration when it comes to the nation’s erstwhile “War on Drugs,” the White House confirmed Wednesday that...

4/19/2018 Our Opinion 0 comments

Faith, values

Paul Mango has told the people of Pennsylvania that he and his campaign are focused on “Faith, Honesty and Family Values.” With his latest actions, Paul Mango is proving that he is nothing more than a typical politician.

4/21/2018 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Crime watch

Over the last couple of years reading the Butler Eagle is like reading Crime Digest. Rarely a day passes without a page or two with reports of arrests of drug dealers or crimes directly related to drug use.

4/21/2018 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Constituents forgotten

I have been a resident of Cranberry Township for nearly 40 years and an active voter the entire time. The time has come to speak up about Rep. Daryl Metcalfe.

4/20/2018 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

DA’s quality

I was quite dismayed when I learned of the young lady that was jailed for threatening Butler County District Attorney Dick Goldinger.

4/19/2018 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Metcalfe’s ‘solution’

First of all, keep in mind that Rep. Daryl Metcalfe chairs the Pennsylvania House State Government Committee. For months, if not years, he has stonewalled House Bill 722, which would have established a non-partisan citizen’s commission to set up fair voting districts.

4/19/2018 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

The Senate must confirm Pompeo

For the first time in the history of the republic, it appears increasingly likely that a majority of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote against the president’s nominee for secretary of state.

4/21/2018 Other Voices 0 comments

The Republican high-water mark

If Republicans aren’t losing their congressional majority this coming fall, they are doing a good job of acting like it.

4/21/2018 Rich Lowry 0 comments

No friend of Trump — or Clinton

FBI director James Comey very likely was the final shove in defeating Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. There were numerous accomplices, including President Donald Trump and Clinton herself, but his assistance had terminal importance and came on top of misdeeds aplenty.

4/20/2018 Jay Ambrose 0 comments

Was missile strike against Syria a winner?

MOSCOW — The weather was gloriously sunny here on Monday and Tuesday, as if to celebrate the release of tension over the possibility that Saturday’s U.S. missile strike in Syria would lead to U.S.-Russia fighting.

4/20/2018 Other Voices 0 comments

Deficit addiction: a bipartisan norm

History is what we make of it — and sometimes we make a real hash. I take as my text for the sermon that follows an op-ed essay in The New York Times this week by Times’ columnist David Leonhardt. The headline tells it all: “Democrats, the Real Fiscal Conservatives.