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Autism families: Beware of Trump’s latest snake oil

Paul Nelson Tonawanda I shouldn’t be surprised. Anything coming out of the Trump administration is deadly; however, the latest scam deserves substantial attention. RFK, Jr., yes the man who took great delight in doing a whole lot of acid, chopping up small animals in a blender for his falcons, and sawing off a whale head and taking it home on top of his car, is going to “cure” autism. He fits right in with Donald Trump’s thinking. Remember how Trump touted the use of bleach and Lysol as cures for Covid? I feel the need to speak up, because believe it or not, their idea is ...

What is the point of Trump’s tariffs?

George Polycranos Port Matilda Americans reasonably assume that the President of the United States will put our nation’s financial well-being ahead of his own self-interest. So, Trump’s fixation on tariffs and trade wars just doesn’t make sense when virtually all economists, and even the conservative Wall Street Journal, say that tariffs increase inflation, lead to layoffs, and force hardworking Americans to watch their retirement savings evaporate. The radical imposition of tariffs was one of the major causes of the Great Depression. Financial deregulation, another ...

Celebrate the Constitution in Triangle Park on May 1

Shonah Hunter Mill Hall May 1st is Law Day, established by Congress in 1961 as a day to celebrate the rule of law and the United States’ dedication to a government that functions under that rule. This was established at the very founding of the country in The Preamble to the Constitution. It states boldly: “We the People, in Order to Form a More Perfect Union.” On Law Day, we renew our duties to one another under the Constitution and our democratic ideals. And through this commitment to our Union, we each provide for the common good through government responses to national ...

Shrink our government

Arthur Keller Beavertown The Democrats are for big government, wasteful spending, and lots of entitlements — the bigger the better. Let’s look at the 4-year Biden-Harris spending binge to grow the federal government. Employment in their government grew by 709,000 in 2023, 299,000 in 2022 and 392,000 in 2021 or by nearly 1.5 million people. They increased the federal deficit by $2.5 trillion more than what the Congressional Budget Office projected for 2021-2024, their policies led to the highest inflation rate in 4 decades (up 20% since Jan. 2021) and reduced worker’s purchase ...

Stoop diplomacy

Carol Eberhard Lock Haven Stoop: a small raised platform, typically accessed by a few steps, leading to the entrance of a house or building. This can also be called a porch. People have them, but no one is out there, many times there aren’t even chairs on them. We live in troubled times. Even a “hello” is considered a threat and often met with a silent stare. The small niceties of social interaction have been lost in the digital ear bud world. I get it. I am guilty. It is all too easy to go to my secluded back yard and avoid everyone. I encourage you to “touch grass” ...

Save public media

Kelly Hastings Mill Hall The current administration has indicated that they want to eliminate all funding for America’s public TV and public radio stations, going as far as taking back funds that Congress, in bi-partisan votes, had already appropriated. The vast majority of federal funding goes to local public media stations like WPSU, which are some of the last local media, particularly in rural, remote and underserved communities throughout the country.  As a Board member for WPSU, I know that Federal funding for public broadcasting is an irreplaceable investment in local ...