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Duped

Sam Stea Cogan Station Friends: Which is more likely when it comes down to our current administration? Is it that the nation’s plunging GDP, rising unemployment, skyrocketing inflation and soaring gas prices, the exploding national debt, rising unaffordability, widening income gap and erosional of the middle class, declining geopolitical influence, and now war — are all parts of some genius plan to rain down prosperity on our citizenry; or, that we have been duped by a con man who hasn’t a clue how to run anything beyond self-promotion and self-interest? Folks out ...

Selling national security

James Serene State College It’s no longer enough to say this administration blurs ethical lines. It’s erasing them. While ordinary Americans struggle with rising costs, those closest to power continue to profit. Consider Jared Kushner: while serving as a chief Middle East negotiator, he was also seeking to raise $5 billion for his private equity firm from governments in that region. That’s not a gray area. It’s a blatant conflict of interest—once unthinkable. And he’s not alone. From Don Jr. and Eric’s drone venture to Stephen Miller’s private prison ...

The essential mind: Why we must restore the library at KCSD

Fred Bucheit Mill Hall How many people are aware that they took the library out of our school? A school without a library is a body without a mind. To deprive children of books is to fulfill the book-burner’s fondest dream: the beginning of mass mind control. When we remove a child’s access to diverse literature, we allow a “cult leader” mentality to take over, telling them not just what to think, but how to think. Book deprivation is the antithesis of intellectual freedom. An uninformed mind is easily manipulated, becoming a pawn of the state. While some argue that ...

Water Co. vs 4th Amendment

Jeffrey Kreitz Lock Haven Let me start by saying, I understand that we need to conserve our water supply, but not as this new plan states. The Lock Haven Water Co. should check with their legal department. What they are suggesting is a violation of our civil rights and the 4th amendment that protects us from illegal search. You have no right spying on anyone. You do not need to know when my wife or I ror my underage children or grandchildren are taking a bath, a shower or, for Heaven’s sake, using the toilet. That almost sounds perverted to me. If you want to conserve water how ...

Reshaping the media

Mary Bruce Serene State College Recently, Donald Trump posted a graphic celebrating how he is “reshaping the media.” The graphic itself proudly lists journalists pushed out of their jobs, layoffs at major outlets, regulatory pressure, and the defunding of public broadcasters as political “wins.” Think about what that means. A president openly boasting about weakening news organizations that scrutinize him. A president openly bragging about violating the First Amendment guaranteeing freedom of speech. This should concern Americans of every political persuasion. ...

Lowering the temperature starts with truth

Terry Hansen Grafton In response to the accusation of Israeli apartheid, Governor Josh Shapiro recently asserted: “We’ve got to be acknowledging that language matters here. That words matter and that we’ve got to use words that are actually rooted in reality and are able to bring the temperature down.” Notably, in 2021, two former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa, Ilan Baruch and Alon Liel, co-authored an op-ed concluding that Israel has indeed become an apartheid state. They cited the two-tiered legal system in the West Bank, illegal settlements, the demolition of ...