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Dumb things that Socialists promise

Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery -- first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, now Venezuela ... One reason young people support socialism is because their social media feeds show videos made by popular but economically illiterate people. TikTok star Madeline Pendleton has 1.6 million subscribers. My new video shows her telling them: “Socialism is working better than capitalism 93 percent of the time!” Where does she get 93 percent? From ...

Arts are alive and well in Juniata Valley

Last week, we lauded the efforts of high school musicians for their efforts in participating in district concert band, chorus and jazz and contemporary A Cappella. We will continue to follow them as they hope to advance to regional competitions for concert band and chorus. This week, our focus shifts to high school productions at Mifflin County High School for “Anastasia: The Musical,” which received amazing reviews. This weekend, the curtain goes up at Juniata High School for “The Music Man” and at East Juniata High School for “Disney’s Frozen Jr.” If dress rehearsals ...

Local elections still important

Election 2025 is underway. The time period for potential candidates to collect petition signatures has begun. We hope the process goes well and affords voters in our region real, distinct choices for our local offices. We have editorialized before that these local offices are almost certainly the most important offices on which we can vote — that is still true. In our federalist, democratic republic, the authority and responsibility of governing is meant to be decentralized and kept closest to the people affected. While the presidency receives the bulk of voters’ attention, ...

What other newspapers are saying: Fewer births are startling trend

Seventy-five years ago, New York held nearly 50 seats in the House of Representatives — 45 to be exact. It has 26 today. It’s not news that rural New York has been losing population, with its rural communities being hit particularly hard. That’s a story throughout the Rust Belt. The real issue is that what has been a regional problem is soon going to be a national problem. According to a report released this week by the Congressional Budget Office, deaths will outstrip births across the country by 2033, seven years earlier than previous projections. The country’s population ...

Judicial ‘Resistance’ setting itself up for epic smackdown

Unfortunately, America has long been suffering from a crisis of civics. Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their government. But every so often, an opportunity emerges to reteach some basics. The media’s predictable shrieks and howls of “constitutional crisis” notwithstanding, we are in the throes of a grand separation-of-powers standoff that will both serve as one such edifying civics lesson. First: Enter the energetic executive. In his frenetic opening weeks, President Donald Trump has channeled the spirit of The Federalist ...

Presler keeps foot on pedal in Pa.

Some people are different in person than they are online. Not Scott Presler. He is as kind, soft-spoken and charismatic in person as he is when he posts about his mission to register voters as Republicans in Pennsylvania. This is true whether he is here at the Farm Show Complex or any of the scores of events I have run into him attending in the past several years. Presler talked to the hunting community at the National Rifle Association’s annual Great American Outdoor Show, the largest outdoor show in the country. The event attracted thousands of people from across the country to ...