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Our opinion: Make phone ban tougher

Our Opinion

The expression “time flies” is familiar to most people. However, time cannot “fly” fast enough regarding Pennsylvania’s new handheld-cellphone ban for individuals operating motor vehicles on commonwealth roadways. Until the full teeth of the law replaces the wishy-washy provisions currently in place, innocent drivers or vehicle passengers could die or be maimed — just because only a warning will be issued now, rather than a monetary penalty from violators’ wallets or pocketbooks. The possibility of a fine, rather than a warning, could deter some drivers from risking ...

Nation is on verge of a new serfdom

Local Commentaries

“Nearly the whole of the professional, intellectual, and government class has betrayed the cause of universal human liberty in our times.” — Jeffrey Tucker. Our government forces taxpayers to subsidize those who chose not to work, lavishes subsidies on Wall Street billionaires for counter-productive Net-Zero Green Energy projects, and subsidizes illegal aliens and the Non-Governmental Organizations that brought them here. USAID funded the CIA overthrow of the legitimate government of Ukraine 2014, setting off the current Russia/Ukraine conflict which has cost a million lives so ...

Readers Speak

Letters To Editor

Actions and words Dear Editor, You learn a lot running a business with employees. Contrary to what College Business courses teach, I never followed the “pay yourself first” philosophy. I never took a paycheck. I got what was left over. My employees were paid first. Payroll — and taxes. Each quarter after I wrote payroll tax checks I would go out and tell my employees, “Well, your payroll taxes are paid.” Nobody said a word. Didn’t look up. Didn’t seem to care. I guess I don’t blame them. What’s the big deal? They were withheld. Certainly they were ...

View from Hickory Heights: A special visitor

Local Commentaries

About a week ago I was sitting on my porch when I saw something move out of the corner of my eye. Since I have many chipmunks, I thought it was probably one of those. Then I saw more movement. I got up to have a look. There was a fawn in my flower bed. I went inside to get my phone to take a picture. Its coat was a beautiful shade of tan and it was filled with spots. By the time I got back the little thing was on its feet. I captured a good photo of him. I am calling it a him, but I have no idea what its sex is. It was very small. It was about a foot in length and about 15 inches ...

Our opinion: What’s the plan with homeless?

Our Opinion

Yes Virginia, Warren County has a homeless issue. It’s not like the crisis many bigger cities face. It’s not even the crisis Jamestown has seen over the past few years, and it’s nowhere near what Jamestown saw in 2024 that prompted its mayor to issue a state of emergency and take action to disperse the homeless from camping in the middle of its downtown area. Our issue is a little different. Homeless encampments in Warren County are more likely to be small and away from the hustle and bustle of downtown. It’s often a case of out of sight, out of mind. But there are homeless ...

Rounding Third: Life is great. Cheese makes it better

Local Commentaries

Truer words were never spoken. That quote by author Avery Aames sums up my lifelong love affair with cheese. After I stopped eating school cafeteria lunches, good old American cheese became a thing of my past. In college, I met a few French students who knew the cheese world. It was all new to me, but oh, what a discovery that new world was. Gruyere, blue, and brie? Sacre bleu! Where had you been all my life? When it was first explained to me that blue cheese was essentially mold – but in wedge shape – I gulped a bit. Then I smelled it. I still was not so sure. But the first bite ...