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Local Commentaries

Rascally redheads have staying power

I recently read that redheads will not exist by the end of this century. Holy Clairol! The story went on to say that between one and two percent of the world’s population is redheaded. Well, if current world population is approximately 8 billion, let’s say that 1.5% of that number is ...

Physician shortages hurting rural areas

Think the federal government’s plan to add extra residency slots for health professional shortage areas will alleviate the growing rural physician shortage? Think again. The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published research showing that of the 400 newly federally funded ...

Exposed veterans can benefit from PFAS Act

Pennsylvania is home to nearly 800,000 veterans, and many of these brave people trained at military bases during active duty. However, the vast majority of military installations across the country have been heavily contaminated with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known ...

Petition may help avoid shutdown

Last week the House of Representative voted Speaker Kevin McCarthy out of office with no clear path for a divided Republican caucus to quickly select a replacement. This begs the question of how the U.S. government will avert a government shutdown by the next budget deadline rapidly ...

Hello! This is Ann calling!

When I wrote a couple weeks ago about being tethered to the phone it got me thinking about my history with the telephone. My great-grandfather had a candlestick phone. If you are not sure what that is look it up. It was a pretty little phone that you held in your hand while talking. I am ...

If we are what we eat, today is a treat

Yesterday after running a few errands, I opened my front door and just stood. Breathing. Smiling. Ahhhhh … garlic! To me, the house smelled wonderful — like walking into an aromatic little trattoria. I realize this may not be the way everybody likes their house to smell, but for me it ...