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Opinion

Violence itself is never well aimed

Editorials

Given the amount of attention focused on gun violence, it is worth noting violence itself is not so well aimed. A gun can be expertly targeted. A good hunter, for instance, wants to be as accurate as possible. He doesn’t just point toward the woods and have faith he will hit a deer; he ...

Trump suggests possible U.S. return to Afghanistan

Editorials

For nearly 20 years, the Bagram Air Base stood as the sprawling symbol of American power in Afghanistan and as the heart of the long U.S. military intervention there. The Biden administration secretly evacuated the base on July 1, 2021, a few weeks ahead of its chaotic withdrawal from ...

AOC’s Socialist dream could become America’s nightmare

Editorials

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s flirtation with a presidential run is the latest warning sign of just how far the Democratic Party’s leadership has careened off the rails. After crushing defeats in the latest election, moderate Democrats have failed to take matters into their own hands, ...

Readers’ opinions

Editorials

Hard work made 28th Day of Caring successful To the Editor: Thank you to everyone that made the 28th Day of Caring a success! The United Way of Mifflin-Juniata kicked off the 2026 annual fundraising campaign with the 28th Annual Day of Caring on Wednesday, Sept, 17. Approximately 424 ...

Mark Baker’s life and death show the cost of service

Editorials

Three detectives are dead in York County. On Sept. 17, they walked into a house in North Codorus Township to serve a warrant. They did not come back. The men — Det. Sgt. Cody Becker, 39; Det. Mark Baker, 53, and Det. Isaiah Emenheiser, 43, were ambushed by a 24-year-old suspect wanted on ...

Winds, waves and legends: An Outer Banks adventure

Editorials

Part One: Discovering the Spirit of Cape Hatteras For all the traveling I have done in my life, across oceans, and through many parts of the United States, there was one destination surprisingly missing from my list: the Outer Banks. It was a place that I heard a lot about since many of my ...