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Self-inflicted wound state can still avoid

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How do you intentionally cut the income of tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians? By undermining an industry that’s become essential to local businesses, veterans’ organizations, fraternal clubs and small businesses across the commonwealth. For nearly two decades, skill games have been part of Pennsylvania’s local fabric. They help keep neighborhood establishments open, support VFWs and American Legions, fund volunteer fire companies and provide a financial lifeline for organizations and social clubs. In all, thousands of Pennsylvanians rely on the supplemental income from these ...

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Forgotten lessons Dear Editor, Roald Dahl wrote about Measles: "Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of colored pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn’t do anything. “ 'Are you ...

Even in dispute, Canada is our neighbor

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I grew up in Port Huron, Mich., along the St. Clair River. Some of my earliest memories are of looking across that river at Canada. It never felt like a foreign country to me. It was simply our neighbor. As children we would stand along the river and wave to people on the other side, and sometimes they would wave back. My family even had Canadians in it. That was just part of life. I learned at a very young age that a border could separate two countries without separating people. Those memories have come back to me in recent months, and honestly, they make my heart ache. I am ...

Your politics won’t protect you from the surveillance state

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The newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Erica Schwartz, made federal priorities clear during her recent confirmation hearing: “Abortion surveillance is absolutely a critical component of what the CDC is currently doing.” She assured members of Congress she would ensure that states weren’t “hiding abortions” under the auspices of “emergency care.” Abortion defenders were quick to condemn Schwartz’s comments, while others pointed out that the post-Roe v. Wade landscape affects not only elective abortions but also women facing ...

Our opinion: 25 years later, nation has not forgotten

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But if we ask where you were 25 years ago at 8:47 a.m., chances are you will remember the moment as if it were yesterday. Sept. 11, 2001, was, without question, one of the most horrific in the history of the United States of America. At 8:47 a.m., the lives of all Americans changed when American Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center. Fifteen minutes later, United Flight 175 hit the second tower. An hour later, American Flight 77 hit the Pentagon in Washington. And, in a heroic twist, passengers derailed an effort by hijackers to again strike the District of Columbia. United ...

Our opinion: Cheering on the nearby NFL teams

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Are you ready for some football? For the first time in history, the season opener took place on a Wednesday evening between the New England Patriots and Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. Another game, from Australia, takes place tonight between the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers. Make no mistake, the National Football League has become an international brand. Closer to home, many are glued to teams within a 90-minute to two-hour drive. According to last week’s online poll, the Pittsburgh Steelers rule the roost with readers. In answering the question: “What is ...