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Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: For more than 60 years, personnel in the U.S. military could be discharged for engaging in consensual gay sex, and not only be deprived of opportunities if they had hoped to make military service their careers, but also deprived of benefits upon their retirement. ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ not known how ...

Pennsylvanians deserve a better indigent defense system

In 1966, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Miranda vs. Arizona that criminal defendants were entitled to say nothing so as to not incriminate themselves, and they were also entitled to an attorney. Not too long after, television viewers became familiar with what came to be called the Miranda ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: If you came of age well before the dawn of social media, you’re likely to think of sites like Facebook as a useful way to stay in touch with old friends or strike up new friendships with people who share your interests. But some public health officials have been arguing that there ...

We shouldn’t think of doing away with no-fault divorce

What do Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, Rudy Guilani, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Nelson Rockefeller, Robert Dole, John McCain, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Dave McCormick and Kari Lake all have in common? All prominent Republicans, sure. But all of them, at one point or another, ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: James Lawson was born in 1928, the same year as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was an important ally of KingÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Unlike King, who was cut down when he was just 39, Lawson was able to live a long life and see the changes ...

We need more primary care physicians in rural communities

AmericaÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ health care system prioritizes sickness over wellness and prevention. According to the Commonwealth Fund, despite spending the highest percentage of gross domestic product on health care, the United States ranks last among 11 of the wealthiest countries in the world. The ...