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Opinion

Disrespecting Americans

Letters to the editor

Rebecca Sheerin Pittsburgh It’s one thing to disagree about policy. It’s another to crush and devalue people with different views. That is precisely what President Trump and fellow Republicans are doing. Kristi Noem, Homeland Security Secretary, showed her disdain for Californians. ...

Trump loves the military and America

Letters to the editor

Arthur Keller Beavertown I asked myself, why were the New York Military Academy cadets at President Trump’s inauguration? So, I did a little digging. Pres. Trump attended the New York Military Academy junior/senior high school reaching the rank of Captain, lettering in a variety of sports ...

No kings

Letters to the editor

Willa Adams Boalsburg Straight from our Declaration of Independence, the founders of the United States declared independence from England’s King George III for, among other things, the following reasons: “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the ...

If the Old Ladies could only talk!

Columns

Have you seen many postcards of the past? Many postcards of Lock Haven buildings exist from the late 1800s and early 1900s because they were an easy way to communicate. Today deltiology, or the collection of postcards, is a popular hobby. Look up in Lock Haven! You’ll see amazing ...

Birds of a feather

Letters to the editor

Mary Bruce Serene State College HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has vowed to find the cause of autism by September 2025. To lead this ambitious endeavor, Kennedy hired David Geier, who has no medical license or scientific training. Unfortunately for the American public, Mr. Geier has a ...

Make America clean again

Columns

Following trips to different countries over many years I have longed to return home and hear these words from an immigration officer: “Welcome back to the United States.” Something felt different this time. After three weeks away — two days in Doha and the rest in Vietnam, Hong Kong and ...