There is a reason “Yankee ingenuity” is recognized throughout the world. We Americans have a reputation for identifying challenges and devising ways to overcome them. Use your head if you decide to come up a home remedy, a way to stretch supplies such as those of food — or any other ...
To the editor: At times like these it would be nice to have a leader that is not a narcissistic, pathological liar that does not read. I do not say this as a partisan, but as an observation of fact. It is shameful that our government wasted valuable weeks or months of preparation, ...
I’ve waited until the very last minute to write my column this week, hoping that I could share information about the Library’s reopening. Unfortunately, we have received no new word regarding our operating hours or when we may be able to be open again. What have you been doing during ...
The title of a great book by Todd Andrlik: “Reporting the Revolutionary War; Before it was History, it was News”, has a lot of truth embedded in it, much like the adage, “it’s too good to be true.” But what about when today’s news is history? “History repeats itself.” ...
Sources ranging from the CIA to the Census Bureau disagree on how reliant we Americans are on drugs and medical equipment imported from China. Extend that to international agencies and the variances are even greater. For example, some sources place China far down on the list of countries ...
To the editor: President Trump on Sunday rejected calls from governors, hospitals and others to direct companies to ramp up production of critical supplies for the coronavirus fight through the use of the Defense Production Act. Trump argued that he has used the Defense Production Act as ...
As health care professionals risk their lives all around us because they lack personal protective gear, we continue to see people out in public — often clearly on non-essential trips — wearing face masks. There have been reports of people buying large quantities of them. If you have the ...
To the editor: This is in response to Diane Logan’s March 21 letter to the editor and her ilk. I highly suggest you do some research on the 1918 Influenza pandemic. This is a pandemic. It is not the seasonal flu. It is unlike anything any human under the age of 103 has ever ...
No doubt some members of Congress had to hold their noses while they were voting for the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. CARES includes a ton of money for initiatives that have nothing to do with COVID-19. Why on earth did anyone think it was important to cough ...
To the editor: While all citizens must be concerned about the COVID-19 virus, senior citizens may be the most greatly affected. Mifflin-Juniata Regional Service, Mifflin-Juniata Area Agency on Aging and Call-A-Ride Services (The Care Network) share the concern for ensuring needs of local ...