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I hate them all

Perhaps hate is too strong a word, but I am so disgusted by Washington, D.C. and just about all the politicians there. Democrats just lost a shutdown fight they tried to claim no responsibility for and then — with the help of the press — pivoted to Jeffrey Epstein. It turns out one of ...

Creativity, not conformity

Dear Annie: I am a high school senior trying to decide where to go to college, and I feel completely torn. My parents have made it very clear that they want me to study business. They both work in finance, and they keep saying that a business degree will “set me up for success.” The ...

Pulmonary nodules appear, leading to a concern about cancer

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 76-year-old woman in what I thought was excellent health. On a recent coronary calcium CT scan that was ordered because of my age and slightly elevated cholesterol, an incidental finding was described in the report as “innumerable, tiny noncalcified pulmonary nodules ...

Skill games mean jobs for Pennsylvanians

Senate Bill 1079 is a bipartisan effort aimed at protecting jobs and regulating skill games in Pennsylvania. Hundreds of businesses and thousands of employees rely on the skill game industry for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, some find it easier to criticize the machines involved rather than ...

People of the past

Lock Haven’s city history is fascinating. We’ll continue on with “People and Their Pride” but dedicate it to former Express Editor Rebecca F. Gross and Elizabeth F. Achenbach — who wrote pamphlets (“A Peek at the Past”). It was they who remembered over 100 interesting and notable ...

Electing to end a friendship

Dear Annie: After 30 years of friendship, raising kids together, losing our parents and a very good mutual friend, traveling together with our families and so much more, my friend told me after the election last year that she had trouble being around “people like me.” In other words, I ...