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Breaking the rules of health care — paying your doctor

Most Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents — agree that the cost of medical care has gotten out of control in our country. U.S. health care spending grew 9....

February 08, 2022 Editorial

Ukraine needs U.S. support, NATO membership

The situation in Ukraine has Ukrainians around the world watching in angst as Putin continues to send troops to Ukraine's border. Per the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Russi...

February 08, 2022 Letters to the Editor

What message did China send by choosing Uyghur torchbearer?

BEIJING — As soon as a Uyghur athlete helped light the Olympic flame at the Beijing Olympics, the debate began: Was it a defiant signal from Chinese leaders, or proof tha...

February 07, 2022 Editorial

Putin is testing America’s commitment to Ukraine, and our allies are watching

Seven years after Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and the United States’ reaffirmation to support Ukraine’s territorial integrity, more than 127,000 Russian troops ...

February 07, 2022 Other Voices

How to save democracy — elect fewer jerks

Having recently completed my 40th year as a card-carrying journalist, I feel compelled to share the one small nugget of wisdom I have gleaned from all those misspent hour...

February 07, 2022 Editorial

Safety first, even for delivery personnel

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. That’s not an official motto, but it is som...

February 07, 2022 Our Opinion

Editorial Cartoon

February 07, 2022 Editorial

Fellow Pennsylvanian needed for senate

After reading the article in Wednesday’s Butler Eagle, “Millions spent in U.S. Senate race in Pa,” I felt the need to reply. My first thought was, why would two extraordi...

February 05, 2022 Letters to the Editor

Editorial Cartoons

February 05, 2022 Editorial

SRU spectator rule could have been avoided

There’s an expression that has become popular in recent years: This is why we can’t have nice things. This phrase certainly applies to the current situation at Slippery R...

February 05, 2022 Our Opinion

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