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Local Commentaries

Having some taste watching the money

Recently, there was an article published by the Times Observer, “RDA Approves Loan for City Business.” On Facebook, this resulted in a spirited flood of comments, mostly from people recognizing that a 3% loan for a high-failure restaurant over 15 years is a negative investment from the ...

No pay for Congress until they fund the government

Funding the government is the most basic constitutional function of Congress. When lawmakers repeatedly fail at this fundamental task, it shows just how dysfunctional our legislative system has become. In the last six months, America has endured three government shutdowns. The latest — a ...

Expensive round trip to priceless laughter

I was backing out of a downtown parking space when something flashed on my dashboard. The mileage calculator changed to a wrench. OMG. What’s wrong? This is not good. It was late Tuesday, and I was leaving for Dayton Thursday morning. I was heading for the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop ...

Words sometimes do speak louder than actions

It seems that there are many so-called leaders in this country who want the democracy we have upheld for nearly 250 years dismantled; The Socialist-Dems are pushing to defund I.C.E., and again the American citizen is held hostage. They have no leaders, only ringleaders who call the shots ...

SAVE Act takes aim at making it tougher to vote

You may have heard about a new voter registration act called the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act. What is it, what would it change, and what evidence do we have that change is needed? In Pennsylvania, there are currently three requirements to register to vote. You ...

Opposition to Iran war forgets history

Lately I have been hearing a lot about the high gas prices and the majority of the complaining is coming from the left side of the aisle. With that said, everyone should have been complaining all along ever since the President Barack Obama era when it really started to rise and no thanks to the ...