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Whoa, have we lost our minds?

Tim Mannello Williamsport On April 7 at 8 p.m., the President of the United States wrote this on his social media page: “I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will.” Pause for a moment and let this sink in: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to exist again.” Do we truly understand the gravity of that? Do we grasp what is being done in our name? Or do we simply drift on to the next medication commercial after the news report, barely noticing what we just heard? This threat would mean the murder of 24 million Iranians who are babies, toddlers, kids in ...

Huntington’s Disease Day of Action is April 13

K. Miller Howard For decades, families affected by Huntington’s disease (HD) have faced a relentless neurological illness with no treatment to slow or stop its progression. Today, that may be changing—but whether scientific progress becomes real hope will depend on federal leadership. On Huntington’s Disease Day of Action, April 13, 2026, advocates nationwide are urging policymakers to act with the urgency this moment demands. Huntington’s disease is a rare, inherited and ultimately fatal brain disorder that often strikes in midlife. From symptom onset to death, it ...

Earth Month

Gary Jump Itasca, IL April is Earth Month — a time to savor the wonderful planet that gives us bright blue skies, breathtaking mountains, wide-open plains, serene river valleys and lakes, captivating forests and an endless variety of plants and animals. Earth Month is also time for considering what more should be done to protect it. Climate scientists agree: human activity has caused rapid warming of Earth. Warming occurred before, but over thousands of years. Current global warming started less than 200 years ago, when we began burning coal, oil, and natural gas, polluting the ...

Betrayal

Frank Wilson Montgomery The Democratic Party is betraying the American people and the United States, just like Judas betrayed Jesus.

Response to radar bill story

James Sikorski, Jr. Wapwallopen The recent municipal police radar story missed all the key points. In addition to it’s stated goal, there is moving radar for state police, seeming requirements to lower speed limits, change calibration rules, and other goodies. Nobody ever seeks to compel compliance with current federal and state policies which are to post speed limits at the 85th percentile speed of traffic. If speed limits are widely ignored, then perhaps the speed limits need to be raised? That would make roads much safer. Pennsylvania has already seen radar problems with ...

No strategy, no end

George Polycranos Port Matilda Sound presidential decision-making requires guidance from experienced advisors. No president should take the United States to war because “he had a feeling,” or claim he’ll end it “when I feel it in my bones.” Yet Donald Trump has failed to provide the American people—or Congress—with a clear, consistent objective or endgame for the war in Iran. Even some of his own allies are raising alarms. Former U.S. counterterrorism chief Joe Kent resigned, stating he could not support a war in which “Iran posed no imminent threat to our ...