School boards in 466 out of Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts have passed resolutions calling for commonsense reforms to the state’s 26-year-old charter school law, such…
Posts published in “Opinion”
Editor: In your Oct. 8 editorial (“State must act quickly on primaries”) you call for establishing an earlier date for Pennsylvania’s primary election, claiming it…
Editor: Bands should turn down the volume when performing a concert. I recently attended a Tedeschi-Trucks Band and Maggie Rose concert at the Santander Arena.…
Editor: With my 50th high school reunion on the horizon, I am pondering all the dreadful results and changes in public schools since 1973. I…
Talk of changes to political primary elections is getting a lot of attention in Harrisburg these days — on more than one front. The most…
I’m hesitant to use the word “haunted” because (to me) it conjures up synonyms like evil, wicked, possessed, cursed, and jinxed. Throughout all my discussions…
There was a series of catchy TV commercials in the 1970s in which an actress portraying Mother Nature delights in the sweet taste and creamy…
Editor: This is Banned Books Week, which encourages citizens to fight to protect the freedom to read. This year, we really have our work cut…
Editor: Bravo to Yoda the Border Patrol K-9 for finally taking down escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante, a Brazilian who had entered the country illegally. After…
Editor: Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante has been captured, much to everyone’s relief. The colorful story of his terrible escape trail filled the Reading Eagle each…
Editor: Congress is failing basic economics. The largest business in the United States is taking in $6 trillion dollars in revenue and is projected to…
Editor: The question has been asked: Who wouldn’t want Donald Trump back again? I definitely would not, and here’s why: He has spoken in favor…
Editor: “Opportunity to heal” (Reading Eagle, Sept. 22) was a great article. Many infantry veterans think of their fallen comrades in arms every day and…
Editor: I think U.S. Sen. John Fetterman should wear a suit while conducting official business on the floor of the Senate. Specifically, he should borrow…
Editor: How much is enough? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy just visited Washington to ask for more financial aid. President Joe Biden is seeking to send…
Berks Women2Women (W2W), a special program of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance (GRCA), will be hosting keynote speaker Liz Murray Oct. 12 at its Evening…