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‘Who is the Worst?’

Buchanan Ewing Cambridge, Mass. Chief Justice John Roberts has orchestrated three laws at the center of our deteriorating democracy: Citizens United (without a monetary limit), the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and United States v. Donald Trump. Who will be judged the worst? Benedict Arnold for turning coat and leading British soldiers against his former fellow Americans, John Wilkes Booth who killed President Lincoln because he didn’t like the impending end to slavery, or Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative majority, who stopped two-and-a-half centuries of increasing ...

Clarification

William A. Baldino, MD, FACS Mill Hall I am writing to provide some clarifying information in regard to the article entitled: “KC board OKs charter agreement, public hearing to finalize set for April 17” which was published on March 19, 2025. In the article, it was mentioned that at the Board meeting which took place on March 13, 2025, I, along with Mr. Tom Cannon, Miss Elisabeth Lynch and Mr. Chris Scaff, voted against the resolution to renew the agreement between the Keystone Central School District (KCSD) and the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School. This information is indeed ...

Illegal immigration

George Yarnell Flemington Forget Canada for the 51st state. Make Mexico the 51st state. This will end illegal immigration. Hence no need for tariffs on all the goods made in Mexico, thus saving Americans money.

Shutting down the Voice of America

Richard W. Jones State College Mr. Trump has succeed where generations of dictators failed. He shut down the Voice of America. Hitler tried. So did Tojo. And Stalin, Castro, Mao, Putin, Xi, Kim Jong-Il and a few others in history’s rogues’ gallery. But only Trump succeeded in silencing the VOA which, for more than 80 years, delivered accurate news to people who weren’t going to hear it from their own governments. It was a powerful tool for democracy. But democracy is so twentieth century. At least, Trump’s followers think so. How many know that former Penn State ...

America is less safe and secure

Ray Bilger State College The Trump administration’s actions over the past few weeks have put our national security at great risk. As a combat veteran, having served in airborne intelligence and special operations, I’ve defended our nation for nearly four decades in the intelligence community and State Department Foreign Service. I’ve worked with nearly every federal agency, including the Secret Service and FBI. I’m also the former NSA Technical Director of Cyber Analysis. Cyber operations are most effective when employing both offensive and defensive efforts. Since ...

The bikers are back

Dave Rodgers Lock Haven Hopefully the title caught your attention to read this letter. I present my thoughts on this spring season and the many bicycles on the road, and an introduction to the E Bike. All throughout my life I have enjoyed bicycling. I was never a hard-core biker, just the leisurely type, out enjoying the open road or trails, however as my years grew older it became more and more difficult to traverse the hills of Pennsylvania. Enter…The E Bike. Several springs ago I was out for my first spring ride on the lovely Pine Creek Trail and decided to take an E Bike for ...