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OP-ED: Privacy vs. safe streets: Hard choice

I had a tough argument with a friend who was incensed that our local police had placed traffic cameras at major intersections. He felt that the authorities were running surveillance on innocent citizens. I countered that if police officers sitting in their cars observed drivers going through ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> Health outcomes tend to be worse in rural communities than in urban areas, and certainly part of the reason for this is spotty access to health care services. A March of Dimes report last year identified Greene County as one of six counties in ...

EDITORIAL: Legislative negligence on guns

One of PennsylvaniaĢƵ recent gun-related tragedies occurred in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia.A 14-year-old boy with severe developmental disabilities found an unsecured handgun in his grandmotherĢƵ bedroom and accidentally shot his cousin, a 2-year-old girl, in the head. The ...

OP-ED: Don’t worry, Ken, there’s room in Barbie’s world

LetĢƵ hear it for Ken.Yes, I’m talking about the Mattel doll or, as my son called him in his daycare days, “BarbieĢƵ action figure.”My wife and I saw Greta GerwigĢƵ “Barbie” in the theater a few nights ago, seeking something therapeutically light after seeing “Oppenheimer,” ...

OP-ED: Why we gravitate to conspiracy theories

As a young musician who came into adulthood during the 1960s and 1970s, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what the lyrics of songs meant.OK, let me clarify that I’m not talking about the old country songs where the girl cheated on her boyfriend, his truck broke down, and his dog ran ...