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Opinion

Deadbeat Trump

Letters to the editor

Bob Potter Boalsburg Whatever the fees are for a campaign rally at the Bryce Jordan Center, and also for the associated local law enforcement and first responder support, let’s hope that Donald Trump actually pays his bills here for his Oct. 23 event, unlike in other towns. Cities and ...

Understanding the laser procedure for venous insufficiency

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have venous insufficiency and have a laser procedure by a vein specialist coming up in a couple of weeks. I don’t know much about the procedure and wondered if you can expound on it. I am 79 but get told that I look 14 or more years younger. I exercise a lot ...

Who cares about endorsements? Not you.

Columns

Sitting at dinner in a local restaurant, I saw breaking news come across the TV screen near the bar. It read, “Washington Post says its editorial board is done with presidential endorsements.” This was on the heels of LA Times editors resigning over the decision not to endorse a ...

In a struggling town, Musk discusses ‘purpose’

Columns

McKEES ROCKS, Pa. — At the freshly renovated Roxian Theatre along Chartiers Avenue in a struggling river town, Loren Stephenson said she and her fiance, Alex Ames, had been standing at the front of the line since 8 a.m. to hear billionaire Elon Musk speak at 2 p.m. Stephenson, a Duquesne ...

Thoughts for autumn

Columns

Dear Readers: Hope you are all having a lovely fall. Please see below some poems that help embrace the season. “The Wild Swans at Coole” By William Butler Yeats “The trees are in their autumn beauty, / The woodland paths are dry, / Under the October twilight the water / Mirrors a ...

Even after knee surgery, man can’t bend his knees without pain

Columns

DEAR DR. ROACH: My brother, who was extremely active and athletic in his younger years, is now in his early 70s. His decision to have both of his knees replaced several years ago was not due to any general pain, but to an inability to bend his knees more than 90 degrees. It was limiting his ...