To the editor: I still keep hearing Democrats say that Donald Trump didn’t do enough to protect the United States from COVID-19 and it is the biggest lie that could ever be. I will give everyone the correct timeline with facts that cannot be disputed. Jan. 21: “This is not a major ...
In a year unlike any other most everyone has ever seen, it seems like arguments and discord are just par for the course. But one of the things we feel safe in stating is that we can all agree cancer is a terrible thing, especially when it attacks children who haven’t yet had the chance to ...
To the editor: I hesitate to write this letter to the editor because I know how people usually respond to them. After the title or the first few lines, we either agree and read on or disagree and think the writer is lying, uneducated, etc. Hopefully by now you have not been able to figure out ...
Charity begins at home, especially in safeguarding Americans from COVID-19. But we have a long, praiseworthy record of having big hearts, and now should be no exception to that. Efforts to develop new medicines to treat the symptoms of COVID-19 and to develop vaccines against it have ...
To the editor: The Mifflin County High School MiniTHON team would like to give a huge shout out to our many area business owners and managers who opened their hearts to help by sponsoring our fundraising efforts. Our major sponsors are ABATE of PA, Body & Soul Community Center, ...
Some things never change. North Korean dictators’ determination to stay in power by keeping the rest of the world off balance is one of them. For a time, it seemed as if North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un might be altering course from that pursued by his father and grandfather. Kim and ...
To the editor: Our culture, our society and elements of our federal, state and local governments, media, church, universities and courts have taught and trained people that it’s OK to resist police, resist arrest, fight police and disrespect them and our laws. How do you teach and train ...
In this day and age of news reporting, people are often quick to dismiss any report that does not reinforce what beliefs they already possess. A news outlet can accurately report statistics or facts, only to be accused of being “biased” or somehow having “an agenda” or being asked ...
To the editor: I would like to comment on June 15’s editorial in the Lewistown Sentinel titled “With so many still comfortable with their racism, we still have a long way to go.” Thank you for expressing what I’ve been thinking. So where do we go from here? The political rhetoric ...
American taxpayers should not be handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in aid to businesses without having at least some idea of where our money is going. That seems obvious. However, demanding such transparency puts the U.S. Treasury Department — and some of the businesses being ...