Harvey Gilbert Laporte Who hasn’t heard JD Vance’s “childless cat ladies” comment? The Republican candidate for vice president has repeatedly expressed contempt for women without children, once referring to them as “childless sociopaths.” In a 2021 interview with fellow ...

Paul Dorsey, SFC, USA (Ret.) Bluefield, W. Va. Dear Pennsylvania, It’s your brother, West Virginia. I know, you’re only 75% Appalachian, still, I’m sure you have enough common sense to catch what I’m throwing at you. Look, at one point in time you had the Capitol of our nation. ...

Craig Seasholtz Avis The Social Security Act was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Aug. 14, 1935. The first benefit was issued on Jan. 31, 1940. At the time of its implementation there were approximately 159.4 workers for each Social Security eligible retiree. Below is a ...

Marie Hornbein Spring Mills Representative Glenn Thompson has accomplished something few politicians have — his recent farm bill drew stinging criticism from both conservatives and liberals. The major sticking point is that tens of billions of dollars in subsidies would primarily flow ...

Tim Mannello Williamsport As you may know, Brian Sacks was a comedian and writer known for his creativity. Brian died in 2014. Hoodie was one of Sack’s characters. Together they were said to live on Pumpernickel Boulevard, a humorous backdrop that was supposed to reflect the quirkiness of ...

Rose Reeder Lock Haven Protecting Social Security has two different translations. For conservatives, protecting the program means raising the retirement age, reducing monthly payments to seniors and reducing other benefits. That does protect the program and the existing funding. It does ...