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I am the most upset I have ever been at football

Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH To James Franklin and your coaching staff: your game plan was miserable against Ohio State. You did not account for the running of the OSU quarterback, and you relied too much on running up the middle against the OSU defense. A key penalty gave OSU the opportunity to continue a drive, and a dropped pass in the end zone were critical. However, the most astonishing part of the whole game was the lack of creativity on defense and offense. Penn State was on the OSU three-yard line with first and goal to go; and ran three running plays up the middle with ...

PA Election processes take time!

Allie Schroeder State College In our charged political climate, many voters question election security. Each state has unique election codes, shaped by Federal statutes. Pennsylvania laws ensure a safe, secure, fair process, so citizens know candidates elected represent the electorate’s voice. But it may take a few days after Nov. 5! Election Day: Mail-in Ballot Processing Mail-in ballots are opened starting at 7 a.m. on Election Day, and analyzed for security. Candidates/parties may appoint representatives to supervise. Election Day: In-Person Voting Polling places, ...

On endorsements

Bryan Shade Flemington I was going to vote for Trump, but now LeBron James says to vote for Harris. I know he’s one of the smartest and most well-informed people on the planet, and it sure would be hard to go against his deep-dive political analysis. He probably wore his poindexter glasses when he sent that tweet to cover for his lack of education! So, between Lebron, Taylor Swift and all the Hollywood elitists’ endorsements, I’m thinking of changing my vote because they know what is best for this country and my family. The endorsements that may seal the deal me for are the ...

Election Time

Jane Confer Beech Creek Election time is upon us, You can tell by watching TV. Lots of negative ads, Enough to disgust me. Can you talk about America, and the problems it’s going through? How are you going to change things? Just what are you going to do? Donald and Kamala are in the running, Now who would be the best? To help get America going great, And take care of all the rest? Donald has been there before. Is he the chosen one? To help us in this troubled land, And take charge to get things done. Then there is Kamala, She’s the current VP under ...

AP’s liberal bias on full display

Tom Smith Bellefonte In last Monday’s edition of this newspaper, the Associated Press presidential election bias was on full display for all to see. Two separate AP articles were published, side by side, in an apparent attempt to show fair and equal coverage of both presidential campaigns. One article covered Republican VP candidate J.D. Vance’s series of TV interviews on the previous Sunday. The other article covered Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s remarks, made as she campaigned across Philadelphia on Sunday. In the Vance article the AP offered Democratic ...

By any other name

Daniel A. Reeder Lock Haven A few years ago, 2016, I received a phone call from a friend complimenting me for a Letter to the Editor that I had written and he urged me to write more. He, now deceased, had been a respected Republican public official and my high school chemistry teacher. In that letter, I had criticized a presidential candidate who had as a top advisor a Nazi sympathizer, Steve Bannon. It is now 2024, and we are furiously rowing, for the sake of our country, in the same boat. I paraphrase an article from a well-known journalist, Heather Cox Richardson, written on Oct ...