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False Promises

Doug Keith State College Many Americans supported Donald Trump because they believed his promise to avoid foreign entanglements and improve everyday life at home. Instead, many families are facing rising costs, growing economic uncertainty, and fears that aggressive tariffs could push inflation even higher. Global instability—including threats to critical oil routes like the Strait of Hormuz—only adds to those pressures. Even more troubling is the growing possibility that young Americans could once again be drawn into war—despite Trump’s repeated promises to keep the United ...

College protesters are discriminatory

Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH A number of college campuses across the United States erupted with protests against Israel’s invasion of Gaza and the subsequent destruction in Gaza and the death of Palestinian civilians. This occurred after Hamas attacked Israel and tortured, murdered and kidnapped innocent Israeli civilians. Why didn’t college students protest the Iranian government’s harsh response to the civilian uprising in Iran? The Iranian authorities killed thousands of people and imprisoned tens of thousands who were just expressing their dissatisfaction with the ...

Excessive power costs

Chris Potalivo Boalsburg An article on excessive costs for power and Gov. Shapiro, beating his chest to fix it, ran recently. Once again, the Democrats are trying to fix what they broke. In April of 2023 the Bechtel Corporation abandoned their plans for a massive power plant in Renovo, Pa. This decimated a community and doomed us to these excessive prices. So Democrat Gov. Shapiro, why don’t you fix what YOUR party broke and, somehow, convince the Bechtel Corp to resubmit the plans and this time put down the ignorant who do not understand how the electrical grid ...

The long battle for Black humanity

Tim Mannello Williamsport For centuries, America has waged a relentless fight over whether Black lives would be treated as fully human or as merely disposable. Today, successful attempts to rewrite and sanitize the story of Black Americans and to reverse civil rights laws downplay the brutality of slavery and the persistence of racial bias. They erase our memories of the resilience, resistance and cultural contributions that define the history of Black Americans. School boards in several states have recently softened descriptions of slavery. They suggested, for example, that ...

Has the American ship just arrived or long ago set sail?

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah Many Americans believe we have arrived at the highest reaches of military, political, economic and social glory. Our president regularly tells us he has been given an overwhelming mandate to govern in the interest of the people and that we are finally entering America’s “Golden Age.” America won both World War I and World War II. No foreign national government has attacked our homeland since 1812. For 250 years we have basked in the “rule of law” rather than given in to any despot’s arbitrary and capricious rule. We have gorgeous ...

The evolving role of nurses — and why they deserve our thanks

Teresa Conyers Williamsport As we celebrate National Nurses Week (May 6–12), I’m filled with deep pride and gratitude for the nurses who care for our community every day. Nursing has always been the backbone of health care. It’s built on long days, sleepless nights, and countless hours on foot, often in moments when patients and families are facing some of the most difficult experiences of their lives. While nursing can be incredibly rewarding, it is also demanding, and it requires both resilience and heart. That’s why it’s so important that we continue to support and ...