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Our View: Be responsible; vote tomorrow

Time to cast your vote tomorrow, May 17. This 2022 Primary Election and every election in our great nation provide a means for political candidates to keep you — the voter — accountable. Hah! And you thought it was the other way around! Well, it is — and it works both ways. People run for elected office to keep voters accountable. People vote for candidates to keep them accountable. Do you want better and more effective government? Do you want your tax dollars to be spent wisely? Do you want common sense decisions by your local, state and national elected ...

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms

Tomorrow, Sunday, May 8 — the second Sunday of May — is a special holiday to commemorate considering how so many “moms” impact our daily lives. It’s Mother’s Day, and we often say the mother is the heart and soul of a home ... and she is Nurture is also a word we associate with mothers. They give life. They give love. They give joy. They give comfort and solace. Yet, strong moms don’t rescue their child from a challenge, they teach them how to face it. Give your mom a hug today. Appreciate her every day. Tell her you love her. We need more moms in the ...

Bipartisanship needed to fight gun violence

If a person is intent on killing someone and doesn’t have a gun, he or she will find some other means for committing the crime. That must be kept in mind as the Pennsylvania General Assembly, amid its 2022-23 budget-preparation work currently underway, considers how to allocate funds most effectively to try to reduce gun violence in the commonwealth. It is important that whenever the available funds are directed, those dollars reach the programs with the best track record for “cooling off” potentially deadly circumstances before they reach the point of someone pulling a trigger ...

Americans needs incentives to work, not disincentives

Incentive to work. Isn’t that something we need more of today? Then why are we considering allowing millions of people to not pay their student loan debt, thus dissuading them from working to make a buck, pay off their debt and be responsible, productive citizens? Look, we don’t profess to know all the details or intracacies of student loan debt, and we agree there needs to be some changes to mitigate the $1.7 tillion in student loan debt in this country. We understand that, two years ago thousands of businesses were ordered to close by the government due to the pandemic and ...

Be responsible: Pick up and clean up

Earth Day reminds us each year of how precious our natural resources are. They are life-giving. It should convince us all to be stewards of a clean environment. And it makes us mad at the lazy people who pollute, notably those who throw their garbage out of their car or truck windows. We see it a lot. And it is the result of laziness, ignorance and apathy. We live in a fast-food society. Heck, many of us have little patience anymore to even read or see something through. Our brains appear to be more and more wired to spin and constantly pivot to issues, things and people ...

This Easter, celebrating the gift of life

On this Easter weekend, no one is alone in concerns and uncertainties they might be feeling. Many others are enduring similar anxieties, while others are feeling various degrees of emptiness because of circumstances in their lives — wondering how that emptiness might be resolved. For Christians, grounded in the victory of Jesus Christ over death and opening the gates to salvation for mankind, Easter should be one of joy, hope, reconciliation and resolution from the pains of daily life. Instead, events on the world, national and local stages, coupled with negative or otherwise ...