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Our opinion: Pay for play
April 16, 2013 It is illegal, of course, to pay an elected official or a bureaucrat to specifically buy a state contract. That’s called bribery, or graft. more »»
Our opinion: Headed to nationals
April 12, 2013 If a high school basketball or football team were to win a state championship in their PIAA classification and then be ranked by, say, Sports Illustrated as among the best in the nation, there would... more »»
Our opinion: Commendable legislation
April 11, 2013 What’s this? Thoughtful, reasonable legislation cruising through the Pennsylvania General Assembly and on to the Governor’s desk with bipartisan support. Yes, indeed, and we commend them for it. more »»
Our opinion: Keeping it here
April 10, 2013 GE Transportation is moving as many as 950 jobs at its Lawrence Park plant near Erie to For Worth, Texas. That number could change somewhat based on possible negotiations with the local union. more »»
Our opinion: Trying to salvage the goal
April 9, 2013 No Child Left Behind, that noble-spirited yet failed attempt to raise the bar on education in America, has for the last dozen years insured that the bar was left at the mediocre level. more »»
Our opinion: We’re paying anyway
April 5, 2013 Here’s the conundrum: Health care for the indigent drives up the cost of health care for everyone, because health care providers have to make up the loss. more »»
Our opinion: Great idea
April 4, 2013 No one appears to dispute that parks in a city are a good thing. more »»
Our opinion: But what do they mean?
April 3, 2013 So, now we have the Keystone Exams, and we have results, in numbers, from the Keystone Exam. more »»
Our opinion: Our turn to protect them
April 2, 2013 It’s wrong that anyone is homeless. It is both wrong and an embarrassment to us as a society that a veteran is homeless. more »»
Our opinion: Corralling a runaway
April 1, 2013 The liquor privatization bill that galloped through the Pennsylvania House, has slowed to a walk in the Senate. more »»
Our opinion: Arguing over the estate
March 29, 2013 It’s known as a split estate, and it’s especially common in these parts. That’s when a surface owner doesn’t own the mineral (subsurface) rights to his or her property. more »»
Our opinion: Not what we paid for
March 28, 2013 So, now we know. And, you know. more »»
Our opinion: Breaking the addiction
March 27, 2013 Something relatively unprecedented occured in Warren City Council Chambers the other evening; councilmen turned down an offer of state money to study parks and open spaces usage in the city. more »»
Our opinion: Some charter reform needed
March 25, 2013 There is something amiss with Pennsylvania’s charter schools, those publicly funded, privately operated schools that function as an alternative to public schools. more »»
Our opinion: Surprising good news
March 21, 2013 It’s like finding out that Rachel Maddow and Rush Limbaugh are dating. more »»
Our opinion: A culture of corruption
March 19, 2013 One might be hard-pressed to remember a year in which one or more Pennsylvania state officials have not been defending themselves in court against corruption charges. more »»
Our opinion: Ever a Scout
March 18, 2013 If there is one man who represents everything that is good and honorable about Boy Scouting, it is Dan Wolboldt. And, this community is fortunate to know him and call him a neighbor. more »»
Our opinion: Where are the servants?
March 15, 2013 Indications are that all is well in Warren County. Our schools and their administration are virtually utopian. The City of Warren basks in the warm sunlight of governmental nirvana. more »»
Our opinion: Spread the gesture
March 14, 2013 It was a very nice gesture for the Warren County School Board to rent the Library Theatre in Warren for music and choral students at Eisenhower High School to hold their spring concerts while their... more »» |
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