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Editorials

Devastating fires remind us of importance of fire safety

More than 10,000 homes have been obliterated by devastating fires that ripped through Los Angeles this week. While California Gov. Gavin Newsom expresses optimism that firefighters can make headway into the weekend – with Santa Ana winds expected to die down, slowing the spread of the ...

Like it or not, we live in a surveillance society

The movie version of “The Godfather” has a scene where mob boss Vito Corleone is shot and wounded by two anonymous hit men decked in fedoras and trench coats. They swiftly carry out their deed and then blend back into the hurlyburly of New York’s Little Italy. That scene unfolds in the ...

Germany’s new Morgenthau plan

Less than a year before the end of World War II, then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish postwar Germany. After the serial 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II – along with the failed Versailles peace treaty of 1919 – ...

Trump, Musk are right: Legal immigrants to U.S. are boon to the economy

The media have been playing up the “civil war” inside the GOP between what Politico calls the “MAGA Republicans and Big Tech.” The restrictionists in the party want fewer visas, and the pro-growth wing wants more. Recently, President-elect Donald Trump announced his support for ...

Community readies for 2025 Farm Show

Anticipation builds across Pennsylvania as Harrisburg prepares to host the 2025 PA Farm Show from Jan. 4 to 11. This event transforms the city into a vibrant hub of agricultural innovation and community pride, showcasing the strength and depth of Pennsylvania’s agricultural sector. The PA ...

A light in the darkness

The week before Christmas in 2006, on the same day I lost my job, doctors gave my wife six months to live. I had to be the one to break the news to her. I sat in her recovery room following a lung biopsy surgery, waited for her to be awake and aware, and told her the doctors discovered she had ...