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Editorials

Unfair biological advantages steal opportunities from women by birth

You probably haven’t heard of Lia Thomas. But if you have a daughter who plays sports, you should learn her story — and how it impacts what is supposed to be a level playing field in sports for women. Thomas is a swimmer for the University of Pennsylvania. She used to be Will Thomas, a ...

Leave it to government to ruin a good thing by taxing it

Teachers, social workers, nurses, and other workers who fulfill critical roles in our economy have been eligible for some types of student loan forgiveness, but Pennsylvania has been treating debt relief as income and taxing it accordingly. This meant that someone who had $50,000 in debt ...

State needs to do something to address ransomware attacks

A recent Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article details a troubling trend: Pennsylvania led the U.S. in data breach losses in 2020. These cyberattacks have disrupted and in some cases fully disabled the functioning of health care systems, gas pipelines, colleges and government offices. According ...

Put yourself in shoes of others before judging them

This time of year, it’s easy to get caught up in shopping, gifts, travel, planning a meal and all the other hustle and bustle of the holiday season. But for everyone experiencing stress, know that there are those feeling a different type of holiday stress — namely figuring out where to ...

Redistricting proposal harmful to Mifflin, Juniata and other rural counties

Gerrymandering, the process of redistricting with the intent of preserving a political majority by either major party is wrong. Reasonable people find it hard to disagree with that. But what about redistricting with the intent of diminishing the political representation of a particular group? ...

New businesses are opening, but will that lead to more jobs?

U.S. Census Bureau data reveal that entrepreneurs applied for federal tax-identification numbers to register 4.54 million new businesses between January and October, up 56 percent from the same period of 2019. According to the Wall Street Journal, that was the largest number on record dating ...