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The Elephant in the room

Rick Thomas Lewisburg There’s a glaring fact that few will say out loud: President Donald Trump was a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein and Trump were well-known playboys, with photos and videos showing them partying together in Palm Beach. Trump once told New York Magazine, “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” Trump has boasted of his sexual “prowess” and was once caught on tape saying that if you’re rich you can “grab them ...

Honoring 250 years of the postal service: A legacy of democracy, connection, and progress

Stephen Kochersperger Washington, DC (formerly of Julian) Most people who are familiar with Independence Hall in Philadelphia know — at least — that important decisions were made there during the American Revolution. All the beginnings of our nation can trace back to the debates and discussions there of a small group of men risking their lives to start and lead a rebellion against the British crown. One of the most important meetings of the Second Continental Congress occurred in that hall on July 26, 1775, against a dramatic backdrop of thunderstorms, nearly a year before the ...

What the heck is going on in Pennsylvania?

Karen Elias Lock Haven On July 15th, Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University hosted a Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit which, behind all its star-powered hype, was essentially a branding exercise. Pennsylvania, apparently tired of being Energy Producer Number Two, is now positioning itself to “dominate” in the field of data center construction, eager to use the over $90 billion it has been promised, for construction of the computers needed to operate AI and crypto-mining operations — as well as the dirty energy facilities it will take to run them. Because our ...

John Lipez

Michael Rendos Lock Haven Kudos to Lock Haven city council for facilitating the upgrade of the Taggart Park baseball field along Park Street and naming the diamond after a long time area youth and high school baseball supporter, John Lipez. As Mayor Long stated, “John Lipez has been this generation’s ultimate “voice” of youth and high school athletics.” Broadcasting athletic events is a labor of love for John, and he is unmatched in his style and presentation. Listening to John describe a youth baseball playoff game, and the listener might think it was the seventh ...

Thompson misrepresents the budget bill and PA-15

Debbie Meder Lock Haven Representative “GT” Thompson doesn’t represent his constituents. He doesn’t even respect us — as revealed in his highly selective and partisan newsletter and his stance on the recently passed budget bill. While he claims the bill benefits his district and calls it a “game-changer” for rural America, key parts of the bill are a gut-punch to rural Pennsylvanians. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the richest households will gain $12,000 annually while the poorest will lose $1,600. Notably, middle-income taxpayers are likely to ...

But hey…

Ron Williams PA Furnace Clean water is absolutely essential to life. And water scarcity is a growing problem globally. By 2050 half the world’s population may no longer have safe water supplies. But hey…first we need to end peaceful protesting, with violence if necessary. Our atmosphere, which we treat as vast and invulnerable, is actually shockingly thin and fragile. Without it life on Earth isn’t possible. This protective layer is clearly thinning out as a result of the burning of fossil fuels. But hey…let’s not get derailed from the urgent task of defaming and ...