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Warding off the danger to democracy

Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke often about the importance of history in the context of securing AmericanĢƵ democratic future.Just months before the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, at the dedication of the presidential library that bears his name at his home in Hyde Park, N.Y., FDR said, “A ...

EDITORIAL: Local elections matter, so vote on Tuesday

Tuesday is Election Day, and in Pennsylvania and other states, voters will be heading to the polls to cast ballots for candidates who will sit on school boards, township boards, county commissions, city councils and an array of other elected posts.OK, some voters will be going to the ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Ringgold senior Ryan Pajak won his third consecutive WPIAL Class AA boys cross country gold medal last Thursday. Pajak pulled away to win easily with a time of 15:04 at White Oak Park to rid himself of one of the few demons of his racing ...

OP-ED: Matthew Perry and the cult of celebrity

I never saw an episode of “Friends,” but that is probably because I am from the television era that began with black- and-white pictures and television screens so small you had to draw a chair up to the box to see a flickering image. Back then, celebrity was a byproduct of talent and ...