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Letters To The Editor

In his rants about the media and the current political climate, Mr. "Ed" Nicholson made some disingenuous comments about certain political leaders and about the current state of media -- read "fake news".When I read an commentary)in the April 26 edition, I prefer precise language that avoids ...

In an commentary in the April 26 edition, Ed Nicholson seemed to bemoan the fact that staying at home has slowed the pandemic we are all living with. Ed does not believe the news media, he believes fake doctor and would-be king Trump. I'm surprised he has not taken the cure. If he had listened ...

Woe to the symbol-minded

Symbols. They have one job: To evoke emotion, producing an immediate response absent of critical thought. It doesn’t matter if itĢƵ a corporate logo, a traffic sign, or a flag. You don’t think, you just react. Symbols have been used to manipulate those who don’t want to think since ...

I am writing in response to the May 7, 2020, letter to the editor Bill Sines. Mr. Sines makes the claim that “charter would be better than public schools Unfortunately, Mr. Sines is misinformed on so many levels that I worry the readers of the ĢƵ might come away getting the wrong ...

Governor Wolf ordered the closure of all businesses he deemed “non-life-sustaining” on March 19, 2020.Fifty days later, one-third of Pennsylvania is beginning to reopen under the governorĢƵ three-phase, color-coded approach. Yet, certain businesses in these regions are still being ...

Coming from a girl whose dad has sat in bushes to catch robbers, the sentiment that I am about to share, to the officers of the Uniontown City Police Department who didn’t know him, please know, this is the greatest compliment I could ever pay you.When it comes to the taxes in the City of ...