When I work a shift at the psychiatric hospital, I carry a fanny pack equipped with gloves, alcohol swabs, bandages and Narcan. A few hours…
Posts published in “Opinion”
Southeast Pennsylvania has endured an excruciating few weeks, twice being put in the national spotlight due to escapes from facilities intended to protect communities from…
Editor: Alan Paredes Salazar, 37, drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande in early September alongside nearly a dozen other migrants whose bodies were found…
Editor: So “The IRS plans to crackdown on millionaires” (Reading Eagle, Sept. 9). That sounds fine doesn’t it? Make them pay their fair share. Except…
Historically known as a hub of industrial innovation, Pennsylvania is poised to enter a new era of economic prosperity through the mining and refinement of…
No property tax increase this year? Where is this happening and how can this be true? It is happening in the Pottstown School District. This…
Editor: Social Security was never a good idea in the first place (“Aging population poses danger to Social Security,” Reading Eagle, Sept. 10). It presumes…
Editor: New York Mayor Eric Adams has announced that the illegal migrant crisis will “destroy New York City.” That’s obvious. Yet Adams’ support of New…
Yellow buses once again traverse the roads carrying the future in their seats, and crosswalks bustle as students take steps toward their dreams. A new…
The tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, keeps moving deeper into the past, yet even after more than two decades, the memories of that horrific day…
For more than a decade, Pennsylvania law required contractors employed on public works projects to use the federal E-Verify system to determine whether their employees…
Editor: I’m writing regarding Will Wood’s Aug. 20 commentary (“State must invest in higher ed”). Since he’s a veteran, I thank him for his service…
Editor: Our youth should have more guidance. Urban Navigation is a Philadelphia tri-state area youth organization that provides mentorship and puts in an effort to…
Editor: Do the following to properly maintain schools and emergency services: • Abolish all property taxes. Use the state sales tax to fund schools. Replace…
Editor: For the first time in U.S. history a former president has been indicted. Yet all the former president’s Republican rivals and others denounced the…
Editor: I applaud Reading Councilwoman Marcia Goodman-Hinnershitz for opposing the plan for 601 Penn St. in Reading (“Understanding property history,” Reading Eagle, July 28). I…