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Don’t accept the old axiom about legislating morality

In the midst of Tuesday’s candidates forum, while discussing a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance, Butler council candidate Jeff Smith offered the axiom that “you can’t...

10/19/2017 Our Opinion 0 comments

Needed reforms: consumer protection bills should pass

What do eBay, Yahoo, Adobe, Target, Tumblr and Equifax have in common? Every single one of them has been hacked in recent years — along with government organizations like the Commission on...

10/18/2017 Our Opinion 0 comments

Bergdahl was a knee-taker in a stand-up organization

It’s trite expression, we know. But woe to those who forget. There’s no “I” in team.

10/17/2017 Our Opinion 0 comments

This issue is vital

I had intended not to waste my time voting in this election. But the ballot question of eliminating property taxes on our homes is too important to ignore. I will be voting yes. There are too many problems with the property tax funding education.

10/18/2017 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

End gerrymandering

The writer of the June 14th Letter to the Editor entitled, “Weakening Elections” complains that introducing more regulations to the voting process is weakening voter character. I wonder how she feels about the 19th amendment?

10/18/2017 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Beautiful banners

I would like to thank the American Legion Post 117 and the city of Butler for the Military Banner Tribute Program.

10/18/2017 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Weakening elections

The requirements for voting are simple and clear: You must be a United States citizen, you must be 18, incarcerated felons cannot vote.

10/14/2017 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Big choices

Pennsylvania voters will be asked to make a major decision in November: a ballot referendum called “Amending the Homestead Property Tax Assessment Exclusion” will ask them to amend the constitution to potentially change how schools are funded.

10/14/2017 Letters to the Editor 0 comments

Other Voices

Last month’s announcement by Equifax that its consumer-credit database suffered a catastrophic hacking attack meant that nearly half of all Americans had their Social Security numbers and vital financial information exposed to theft. The threat of massive-scale identity theft is very real.

10/19/2017 Other Voices 0 comments

Is ‘#MeToo’ a tipping point or not?

Depending upon one’s distance from all things Twitter, recent revelations of sexual harassment in Hollywood are either the tipping point we’ve been waiting for -- or just another shark attack until the next one.

10/19/2017 Kathleen Parker 0 comments

North Korea has a cyber army too

It turns out that North Korea isn’t just a nuclear threat. It’s also a cyberthreat, and in some ways, this may be more frightening.

10/19/2017 Robert Samuelson 0 comments

Other Voices

The past few days have witnessed an online phenomenon that brings out the best in social media. Countless women from every walk of life have posted two simple words on their timelines: “Me, too.”

10/18/2017 Other Voices 0 comments

Sure, give Weinstein his money back

Harvey Weinstein had to know that he was foul. Even he had to realize that his grotesque bathrobe seduction routine was, in truth, the modus operandi of a serial sexual harasser and abuser. Perhaps he recognized his evil, or merely sought to cover it up.