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Jefferson warned of government waste

Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying “I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the Government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretens...

February 22, 2025 Letters to the Editor

ICE concerns justified

Ben Jezovnik’s letter of Feb. 16 questioned why Seneca Valley parents would be concerned over U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement extracting illegal immigrants from ...

February 22, 2025 Letters to the Editor

Cyber charter schools audit shows need for better financial controls

The news this week that cyber charter schools statewide have been accumulating money based on outdated funding models and lax regulations shows the need for better oversi...

February 22, 2025 Other Voices

Americans would pay higher taxes to save Social Security

Social Security’s deep popularity among voters has earned it a reputation as the third rail of politics, meaning Congress is afraid to touch it. But the program’s finance...

February 22, 2025 Other Voices

What’s the best way to reveal a government secret?

House Republicans last week announced their “Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets.” This follows an executive order issued last month by President Donald...

February 22, 2025 Other Voices

Grant essential to preserve history

The John Roebling wire rope workshop is more than an important part of Saxonburg’s history — it’s the location of a landmark innovation that literally changed how much of...

February 21, 2025 Our Opinion

More infants are dying in states with abortion bans

Lisa Jarvis Bloomberg Opinion Two new studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association drive home the devastating effects abortion bans have on the ...

February 21, 2025 Other Voices

Aging doesn’t have to mean slowing down

While you can’t stop time, you can remain young at heart. Pursuing your passions — whether it’s chasing the call of the open road like Jim Davis and Carol Kondratowicz, ...

February 20, 2025 Our Opinion

I just found my nuclear war hideaway

Forgive me for interrupting with a macabre thought, but what’s your plan in case World War III breaks out? This question is less and less theoretical: The world seems to ...

February 20, 2025 Other Voices

Just 4 little words

It’s just four little words, but they can mean the difference between death or redemption. A bill currently in the General Assembly — introduced by, among others, state R...

February 19, 2025 Our Opinion

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