Editor: It is refreshing to know that Gov. Tom Wolf, for the first time since taking office, chose not to include an additional tax on…
Posts published in “Opinion”
Editor: Our democracy is in peril. We have an inclusive, diverse and progressive Democratic Party that is trying to achieve a policy consensus on extraordinarily…
Long winding food lines are not as visible as they were two years ago at the start of the pandemic, but hunger and food insecurity…
Editor: The educators and support professionals of the Pennsylvania State Education Association are proud to celebrate Black History Month. Black history is American history, and…
Editor: For more than 30 years, the Older Adults Protective Services Act, or OAPSA, has served as the cornerstone of Pennsylvania’s system for providing necessary…
Editor: Cancel culture, which has no place in a country that guarantees freedom of speech, seems to have evolved. Say the “wrong” thing, get canceled.…
Editor: Democratic policies created the Ukraine crisis. President Bill Clinton and the State Department convinced Ukraine to give up 2,000 nuclear weapons in 1994 in…
Editor: Governance is serious work, but the political arena is mere theater — bread and circuses — with too few serious candidates among a parade…
Editor: Was union leader Wendell Young saying that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board had $265 million in profit, while costing taxpayers nothing? (“Views clash over…
Editor: Alzheimer’s disease is a terrible illness not only affecting the patient but family and caregivers. Those who provide care for Alzheimer’s patients are already…
We’re in the middle of Black History Month, and for a second consecutive year the observance is being affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A…
Editor: “It’s wrong to arrest doctor for trying to help patients” (Reading Eagle, Feb. 8) asserts that Tower Health should not have fired a physician…
Editor: In Pennsylvania, county election directors are appointed, not elected, to ensure that the office is nonpartisan and above the political fray. But trust in…
Editor: Deaths in the U.S. from COVID-19 recently exceeded 900,000 people. According to Statistica.com, more than 615,000 military personnel died in World War II, World…
Editor: Many years ago all the products we needed were made in the USA. Why can’t our politicians, whether Democratic or Republican, suggest building plants…
Editor: The Berks County commissioners’ pick for election director apparently doesn’t know who won the last presidential election (“Director of Elections Services is hired,” Reading…