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Tiny little hypocrisies, untruths, and war propaganda?

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross Recently we have been reminded of tiny little hypocrisies of the Trump administration. With the firing of Pam Bondi, one news outlet took us back to an earlier testimony before Congress, where she said in no uncertain terms that in her tenure at the Justice Department, “The partisanship and the weaponization of justice will be gone.” However, from the moment she was confirmed to the moment of her dismissal, she undertook the most obvious and flagrant partisanship and weaponization of justice ever seen in America. She hung a huge banner of the ...

Thompson vs Planned Parenthood

Maggie Waggoner Lewisburg Congressman Glenn Thompson sent another misleading e-mail to his constituents on April 10, attacking Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). His newsletter states that PPFA “received more taxpayer dollars than ever before, and continues to prioritize abortion over true health care services.” First, abortion care is part of full health care. Furthermore, the 2024-2025 PPFA Annual Report states: “Though Planned Parenthood Federation of America did everything we could to prevent it, in July 2025, the Trump administration and Congress forced ...

What’s the plan?

Willow Eby Fischer Northumberland What is the difference between Vietnam and Iran? Trump had a plan for getting out of Vietnam. Dark humor, but it points to a very real and tragic reality. People died, our soldiers died, children died. Mothers, fathers, people died. Now people are dying again. Little girls at their school, our soldiers, the same list of people are dying again. Yes, there have been a few very evil men killed also. Do you know who is not dying? The same people who are not concerned with the price of gas and food. The same people with golden healthcare plans. Trump, ...

​​Ans​​wer the call: Join CoCoRaHS today

Autumn Knepp Howard In 2026, April is the Rain Gauge Rally for CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Snow and Hail Network. I’m encouraging everyone in Centre, Clinton and Lycoming counties to take part. With five minutes per day, you can contribute to a nationwide program to collect precipitation data. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit organization. This community-based network of volunteers measure precipitation (rain, snow and hail) across the Northern Hemisphere. Anyone can join, given they buy the official 4-inch manual rain gauge and mount it according to the ...

Thank you Trump for starting the draft again!

Jim Hironimus White Hall Lets see: Trump started a war a few weeks ago without going to Congress! This drove gas prices and fertilizer prices for farmers way up because they cannot get it because it is stuck waiting in an ocean far away that was open! We had a Nuclear treaty of sorts with Iran: Until Trump tore it up! We used to be the strongest nation in the world and now we look like a bunch of fools! Trump put in tariffs and raised prices on goods! Now, if you haven’t noticed, Trump and his cronies instituted “the draft” so all your sons may get drafted and go to war ...

‘Homeland Security’ in historical context

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross, Utah TV journalists today are notoriously good-looking men and women having resonant voices and command of college-level vocabularies. Do they have any flaws at all? Yes, they do. Their flaws are the same kinds of intellectual flaws that American politicians, business leaders, culture mavens and even educators have. In brief, they are unable to bring any real historical perspective to their informational commentaries on current events. The education of supposedly exemplary American leaders today falls well short of the depth and breadth of ...