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Failing Democrats Dear Editor, The most recent polls, showing that the American people are not wholly satisfied with the performance so far of President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress, are not surprising. It would be impossible even for Jesus Christ Himself to gain the acceptance of the Democrat Party, their media propaganda machine and their brainwashed voters, if He was a Republican. If anything is surprising, it is the reported fact that the aggregate rate of Americans’ approval of the Democrat Party is less than one in three, the lowest since 1990. Little wonder, ...

Other voices: U.S. policies hurt Main Street

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If financial conditions are restrictive, Wall Street sure hasn’t noticed. Stock indexes hit fresh records this week, and speculative meme stocks are back to mania levels. Meanwhile, smaller businesses in the non-financial economy are tightening their belts amid uncertainty over tariffs and the labor market. Trump officials like to say their policies are focused on helping Main Street, not Wall Street. “Wall Street has done very well over the past few decades, and now it is Main Street’s turn to shine,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said last month. In case he hasn’t ...

Fair food and fun

Local Commentaries

Next week is the Warren County Fair. I have been involved with it for a long time. When my children were young, they showed dairy animals. It was a lot of work, but the experience was worth it. There were chores to be done early in the morning to get the animals ready for the show. My children were quite young at the time thet they showed. It was up to mom to help. Never in my marriage agreement did I promise to trim tails and whiten hooves! When they were in high school I worked in the ice cream booth because they were members of the Eisenhower marching band. I always took a day as ...

Our opinion: Dedication for high standards

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It’s taken 15 years for the Warren Police Department to reach premier accreditation status through the Chiefs of Police Association Accreditation Program. It’s time well spent. As retired police John Adams, coordinator of the Chiefs of Police Association Accreditation Program, noted during a recent Warren City Council meeting, the Warren Police Department reviewed the best practices for compliance, compared them to existing department policy and tweaked the city’s policies to comply with the accreditation standard. Once the standards are written in a way that comply with the ...

The challenges of our country roads

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Monday morning brought yet another trip to a doctor in Erie. My mid-afternoon appointment enabled me to buzz around town early with a few errands, plus I planned to enjoy lunch with an old friend in Erie. But by the time I met Connie at the restaurant, I had a sad story to tell from my morning drive. I love the back road from Sugar Grove, Pa., to Ashville, N.Y. The fields, the Amish farms, the cows and sheep – and oh, the horse-drawn buggies. I never tire of the pastoral vistas or the little blue-clad boys in their straw hats. On Monday, I had just crested the first large hill to ...

Our opinion: Property tax relief should not be at working Pennsylvanians’ expense

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Two members of our state Senate, Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Fayetteville and Sen. Chris Gebhard, R-North Cornwall Township, have yet again introduced legislation to address property taxes assessed by school districts. The latest proposal would begin the process of amending the state Constitution to prohibit school districts from collecting property taxes. The process for amending the state Constitution would require multiple votes in the state Legislature over a period of years and then a statewide ballot referendum. As such, the proposal remains at an early enough stage that the matter ...