Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie offered his understanding last weekend of President Donald Trump’s alleged role in the Capitol riots when he said, “If inciting to insurrection isn’t impeachable, I don’t know what it is.” He must have been addressing the political, ethical, ...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans have come to rely more than ever on the United States Postal Service. But the postal service has, in recent weeks, become notably less reliable. Customers in this area and around the country have found that bills, packages, Christmas cards and ...
To the editor: Decades ago, Ronald Reagan optimistically declared that it was “morning in America.” Today, sadly, it is mourning in America. I do not mourn for broken windows in a building that houses elected bodies that pretend to do the people’s business but waste our hard-earned ...
There seems to be only one area of common ground in our country today: agreement that something is wrong. But regarding what that “something” is, and what we need to do, there is profound disagreement throughout the nation. The violence in which the sacred ground of our nation’s ...
If those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, we hope those who are tasked with protecting Pennsylvania’s state Capitol in Harrisburg — just 60 or so miles from Lewistown — have acquired important knowledge from what happened in Washington last week. The Federal Bureau ...
To the editor: In this past year we have witnessed the onslaught of the Chinese virus unleashed by the Communist Chinese which has affected our republic even down to our constitutional freedoms. We have also experienced the destructive agenda of the insidious communists in our midst hiding ...
It was a desecration of our government’s seat of power. A sacrilege against our democracy. A shameful episode carried out by a relatively small mob of violent criminals who disgraced the otherwise peaceful, lawful assembly of thousands of earnest Americans who had traveled to Washington to ...
How appropriate that we recognize law enforcement officers — and the rule of law — in the aftermath of Wednesday’s assault on the U.S. Capitol. Saturday was is National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, meant to recognize the men and women in blue for upholding the oath to protect and ...
To the editor: Rep. Fred Keller’s column in the Wed., Jan 6 Sentinel, spoke of the “illegal actions” of the Pa.Supreme Court in adjudicating the 2020 presidential election. Mr. Keller and his Republican colleagues are using flawed logic in objecting to the certification of Pa.’s ...
President Donald Trump, it turns out, was being quite literal when he told us Jan. 6 would be “wild.” And so Wednesday was, but it was also disastrous for the party and the movement Trump has led for the last five years. Wednesday, the defeats of Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ...