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Lest we forget

Arthur Keller Beavertown I could address many of the Democrat hype like Trump’s $3.62 per gallon of gas today here in Beavertown vice the $5.16 under Biden, a large article in Sunday Daily item addressing long-term mortgage rate “leaping to 6.38%” when under Biden it was 7.8%, the highest in 23 years, mammoth fraud in California, Minnesota and Maine — all Democrat states, rampant voter fraud surfacing each and every day, … but instead chose why we attacked Iran who has enough uranium to build 10 nuclear bombs, a missile with a 2,500 mile range capable of hitting any major ...

War or health care

David Whiteman Centre Hall President Trump says he launched a war to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons and attacking the United States. Many experts—including our own intelligence analysts — question whether that threat was ever imminent. The threat to Americans’ health, however, is real. Health care is increasingly hard to afford, driven in part by last year’s budget bill and the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for people who buy their own insurance. Republicans argued that adequately funding health care was not worth increasing the budget ...

Who does Thompson serve?

Patty Satalia State College Voters across Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District are dealing with rising costs, shrinking health care access, and growing uncertainty about the future. Yet Congressman Glenn Thompson seems focused on something else entirely. Thompson wants another term representing this district. We shouldn’t re-elect him to a job he isn’t doing. His record shows he represents the interests of wealthy donors and large corporations—not the people of central and northern Pennsylvania. Too often, he’s out of touch with the concerns of the people he was ...

War isn’t the solution we need

Linda Westrick Boalsburg Americans are facing many serious problems: — An affordability crisis: High prices for food, housing, and utilities — A health care crisis: Unaffordable insurance and rural hospital closures — A weakened safety net: Millions cut from SNAP and Medicaid — Rising inequality — Tariffs that function as taxes, paid by small businesses and consumers — Unreleased Epstein files and continued lack of accountability for child sex predators — Overly aggressive immigration enforcement that ensnares citizens and legal immigrants — Detention ...

Stop hiding voter data

Caroline Machiraju Camp Hill Pa.’s Secretary of State Al Schmidt refuses to give its voter export to the Department of Justice, which wants to validate that only citizens are voting, by cross-checking social security numbers. Why? That’s a question that Rep. Brad Roae asked Schmidt during the budget hearings. Schmidt gave a nonsensical reply, stating DOS wants to “protect” personal information. Roae aptly responded “With all due respect, Mr. Secretary, the federal government already has everybody’s social security numbers — they’re the ones that give them out.” It ...

Upgrade our air defense systems

Donald Moskowitz Londonderry Iran retaliated against our recent air strikes by launching missiles and drones against our military bases in the Middle East. They hit on and near our U.S. Navy base in Bahrain, which is the headquarters for our Fifth Fleet. Iran also hit a U.S. base in Kuwait with drones that killed six and wounded a number of our military members. The dozen destroyers prepositioned in the region were able to shoot down some of the missiles and drones. Looking to the future, U.S. Navy warships are typically scattered over the world’s oceans. They would not be ...