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The War

Kathryn V. McFate Loganton Here we go again with the President’s policies and big lies. He was going to decide who would be Iran’s leader. What a lie. They hate our guts and they wouldn’t appoint anybody as their leader that anyone in our country suggests. We are paying the price for Trump’s lies and actions. We pay at the grocery store and the gas pump. We pay with the denial of people’s rights to hospitalization and the fear and mistrust that he has brought on our country. We pay when corporate America raises our car insurance. But the people who pay the most are those ...

Bellefonte and PA boroughs story

James Sikorski, Jr. Wapwallopen I saw the story dealing with Bellefonte and PA Boroughs. Sadly, there is support for municipal use of automated traffic enforcement of all types, as well as municipal police radar. What you never see are questions about why rules, guidelines, and best-practices are not being adhered to regarding traffic engineering. If most people violate a law, then perhaps the law needs to be changed? There are rules and recommendations about how to post speed limits, set yellow light durations, how to place stop signs, etc. Setting up situations to make most ...

A modest proposal

Bob Potter Boalsburg We can all be proud that our U.S. Representative, Glenn Thompson, sponsored the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, recently signed into law by President Donald Trump. With that feather in his cap, perhaps it’s time for Thompson to take on another pressing matter. Since the president appears increasingly willing to send American troops into foreign conflicts, Thompson might consider sponsoring a bill requiring that the draft-age children and grandchildren of any president or member of Congress who votes for war be first in line for service. If war is truly ...

Shield tests make cancer screening more accessible

Philip Vonada South Williamsport Losing family to cancer changed my outlook on life. It taught me that when it comes to cancer, putting off screening just isn’t worth the risk. With Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month around the corner, I hope people across Pennsylvania will take a moment to consider the importance of prevention for this disease that is estimated to claim more than 2,000 Pennsylvanian lives this year alone – more than one in three Pennsylvanians diagnosed with colorectal cancer die from the disease. The problem is that people are not getting screened on time. ...

You voted for him

Jim Hironimus White Hall I hope all the people that voted for Trump as their president enjoy the war he has gotten us into. I hope they love the higher prices for gas and the fact that wars only cause prices to rise! Why all the lies about the reasons we got into this war in the first place? Trump has no “exit plan!” He doesn’t care about all the American servicemembers he has put in danger or the thousands of civilians living in the war zone! He never even thought of how those civilians would get out of the war zone once the fighting started! So please, all of you ...

Neil Sedaka

Jim Newton Itasca Hitmaker Neil Sedaka was ahead of his time in more ways than one. While we remember “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do” and “Laughter In The Rain” following his February 27 passing, he had one record that might have slipped through the cracks: “The Immigrant” from his 1974 album “Sedaka’s Back.” Immigration wasn’t quite the hotbed issue in 1974 that it is today, but the record reached #22 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. It wasn’t Sedaka’s biggest seller, but talk about prophetic. Lines like, “To find they’ve closed the door, they don’t want ...