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Mamdani’s twisted view of America

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a Fourth of July message that sounded like America is on its death bed. Immigrant citizens standing on each side of him as he sat at a desk used by George Washington, were even more stoic. July Fourth is supposed to be a celebratory time. Not for Mamdani who looked as if he had lost his best friend. After some obligatory praise for the nation to which he immigrated, Mamdani said that for “the powerful, America is an arena of supremacy, where only a select few are allowed freedom, where not all are created equal. America, if you ask them, ...

Explaining peptides and the ways that they’re currently used

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m curious about peptides. I read that they’re incredible health cures and effective at lowering weight and high cholesterol. People say that major pharmaceutical companies are suppressing them because they offer better cures at cheaper prices. Is there any credibility to these claims, and should I take them, mainly by self-injection? — S.W. ANSWER: A peptide is a string of amino acids. Long peptides are called proteins, and they play many diverse roles in most of the structures in the human body, as well as the enzymes that our bodies use for ...

America’s momentous birthday

Letters to the editor

I consider it an incredible blessing to have witnessed two of America’s great milestone birthdays: the 200th celebration in 1976, when I was a rising second grader, and now the 250th anniversary as an older, seasoned adult. Looking back to 1976, as a kid, I enjoyed the fireworks and the parades I watched on television, and for me, this was a time of innocence when I began to learn about our country’s principal ideals of freedom, individual liberty, opportunity and democracy. Although the suffering of Native Americans was glossed over in school, and the contributions and achievements ...

Ten signs Americans are failing their duty to the nation

Letters to the editor

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross Americans don’t wake up in the morning and say, “What can I do for my country and my community today.” Our patriotic activity is limited to one or two days a year. Here are some of the ways the average American is failing the country: Non-participation in public affairs is something almost everybody is guilty of today. Voting counts, but not for much. We usually don’t know what or who we are voting for. We are just letting money and power run society today without standing up our voices and our bodies to say “no” and to show how it must ...

The greatest president

Letters to the editor

Sam Stea Williamsport President Trump is the greatest president, and he’ll go down in history. Not along the same lines as Lincoln or Washington. Think more Charles Ponzi or Bernie Madoff. Greater in fact, because of the scale of the scam. He made 2.2 billion dollars in his first year as president, and get this, two thirds coming from his cryptocurrency pump and dump scam with $TRUMP and $MELANIA Digital coins, which came out January 2025 and are now virtually worthless. (US Office of Government Ethics and Internal Revenue Service) Brilliant. Mr. Trump, you are the greatest. ...

Dear Annie: My friend’s joy highlights my own pain

Columns

Dear Annie: I am embarrassed to admit this, but I am jealous of my best friend. “Claire” and I have been close for more than 20 years. We met in college, stood in each other’s weddings and raised our children alongside one another. She has always been the person I could tell anything to. Over the past year, though, everything in her life seems to have fallen into place. Her husband received a big promotion, they bought a beautiful new house and her daughter was accepted into her first-choice college. Meanwhile, my husband was laid off, we are worried about money and my son is ...