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Be a hero, support public media

Nancy Chiswick State College For more than 60 years, WPSU has been a steady friend to Central and Northern Pennsylvania—bringing us trusted news, educational programs and stories that reflect the heart of our region. It’s one of the few institutions that truly connects our rural and urban communities. WPSU is now at a crossroad. With Penn State ending its financial support, the station’s future—and our access to independent, local public media—is at risk. WPSU needs a new path forward. The good news is that one exists. WHYY has stepped up with a plan to acquire WPSU ...

A call to conservative conscience

Doug Keith State College Many Americans who value faith, family and personal responsibility are deeply concerned about the direction of our country. We now face a situation where a national leader—one convicted of sexual crimes and long associated with individuals involved in child exploitation—asks us to overlook conduct that would never be acceptable in our own homes or churches. When someone proclaims religiosity while acting in ways that contradict core moral teachings, it threatens the credibility of faith itself. The more Christians embrace a leader who disregards these ...

Insults aren’t arguments

Tim Mannello Williamsport I am no great admirer of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. His candidacy for New York mayor raised valid concerns: limited experience, economically dubious proposals — rent freezes, free bus rides, city-owned grocery stores — and a polarizing democratic socialist platform that often-alienated moderates. These are legitimate grounds for skepticism. But the right of center arguments against his candidacy have been almost uniformly less critique than reckless distortion. Right of center commentary has leaned on exaggeration and rhetorical flourish rather than fact. ...

Re: “You can’t hide from war crimes by calling them ‘fake news’,” Dec. 4

Dr. Michael Pravica Henderson, NV During NATO’s illegal and vicious war on Serbia in 1999, the Varvarin Bridge was bombed initially killing three civilians. American planes later returned to the site as people from a nearby market and Orthodox Church rushed to help the bombing victims to bomb again killing an additional seven people (10 in total) and seriously injuring 17 — all civilians. To date, no one was ever charged for this war crime. And yet, the obtuse US State Department can’t understand why Serbians (who were our allies in two world wars) still regard the US with ...

Weaponizing a Tragedy

Rebecca Sheerin Pittsburgh The shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, DC is horrific. But immediately, President Trump seized on this tragedy to escalate his attacks on immigrants because the suspected shooter is an Afghan refugee. Rather than mourn, reassure the public, or wait for facts, he demanded a pause on immigration from all developing nations and threatened to strip U.S. citizenship from naturalized immigrants who “undermine domestic tranquility,” or to deport those he calls “non-compatible with Western Civilization” (whatever that means). This ...

Handing Europe To Russia

Donald Moskowitz Londonderry, NH The proposed peace plan to end Russia’s devastating war in Ukraine is a capitulation to Russia, and it rewards an invading hostile country. Furthermore, the resultant plan gives Russia impetus to conduct future warfare to expand further west in Europe. The plan calls for Russia to stop the war, but it would retain the land it occupied during the invasion, which is one fifth of Ukraine. Ukraine would have to reduce the size of its military. It would have to agree not to join NATO and not allow NATO troops on its territory. Ukraine would ...