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Donation will allow Saxonburg Museum to focus on historic preservation

Preserving history isn’t easy — or cheap. For example, the Smithsonian Institution’s 2024 budget was $1.09 billion, which it uses to protect and preserve 156 million art...

September 23, 2024 Our Opinion

Though the first Lyme disease vaccine failed, let’s try again

Nearly half a million Americans received an unpleasant surprise this summer, according to insurance billing data: a new diagnosis of Lyme disease. Those numbers could shr...

September 23, 2024 Other Voices

Prioritizing leadership, mentorship will help retain teachers

Our eighth graders have a yearly tradition: They walk the hallways on their last day of school while the sixth and seventh graders and their teachers stand and honor them...

September 21, 2024 Other Voices

Fighting Russian disinformation must be a team sport

Russian disinformation continues to poison U.S. politics via our social media platforms. As the tactics grow more sophisticated, our best defense may be building resilien...

September 21, 2024 Other Voices

Nationwide shortage shows need for blood donors

As we learned in the Friday, Sept. 20, edition of the Butler Eagle, two national organizations have warned about lower than normal stocks of blood. In August, the Red Cro...

September 21, 2024 Our Opinion

Harris weak on border, economy

False pretense! Vice President Kamala Harris is an image that has been carefully crafted by the media and Democrats. She’s trying to make you think she’s a moderate. I fe...

September 21, 2024 Letters to the Editor

Dems offer serious solutions

The Republicans are running on two issues this year, inflation and immigration. Inflation was worldwide problem caused largely by the COVID-19 pandemic. The good news is ...

September 21, 2024 Letters to the Editor

Decades of dedication deserve thanks

Not many people work at the same place for decades anymore. But, as we learned in the Thursday, Sept. 19, edition of the Butler Eagle, Sandy Ihlenfeld, executive director...

September 20, 2024 Our Opinion

How the University of Pennsylvania lost its way on free speech

I teach at the University of Pennsylvania, which is an equal-opportunity censor. It suppresses voices on the right and the left, even as it proclaims its commitment to fr...

September 20, 2024 Other Voices

Want cheaper grocery bills? Give kids free school meals

For American households, the good news is that inflation rates have largely returned to pre-pandemic levels. Perhaps most importantly, economists at the U.S. Department o...

September 20, 2024 Other Voices

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