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A Republican takes on Trump

Jeff Flake is in a bit of a pickle.WhoĢƵ Jeff Flake?HeĢƵ the junior Republican U.S. senator from Arizona, whoĢƵ making the rounds promoting his new book – “Conscience of a Conservative.”He opened his book tour with a searing online article posted on politico.com last Monday, titled ...

State wants to tax gas customers, instead of frackers

Of all the terrible, unfair and just plain stupid ideas flowing out of Harrisburg these days over how to plug a $2 billion-plus hole in the state budget, this takes the cake.An idea is being circulated in Republican circles to get revenue from the natural gas boom in Pennsylvania — not by ...

Why we need church denominations

I have heard it said a number of times over the years, “Why are there denominations?” Why can’t there just be one church instead of all this division and differences?ItĢƵ easy to ask easy questions or make simple pronouncements … especially if you’re trying to sound unifying or ...

Stop opioids from being delivered by postal service

Within the murky online corners of the so-called Dark Net, drug dealers emphasize the best way to send their goods across the United States is not via FedEx, UPS, or another private mail carrier, but through the U.S Postal Service.Last year, up to 59,000 opioid-related deaths occurred, making ...

Same old

ItĢƵ deja vu all over again in Harrisburg.Once again, state legislators missed the June 30 deadline to pass a state budget. The lawmakers did pass a $32 billion budget last week, but it was only a spending bill. They’ve been working since then on a revenue bill which would finance the ...

The God of another chance

The story of the Woman (Samaritan) at the well is found in John 4:16-19, 27-30, and PeterĢƵ denial in Matt 26:69-74, and PeterĢƵ reinstatement in John 21:15-17.What is the message that God sends to those who fail? In the account of the Samaritan woman, Jesus confronts her about the many ...