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OP-ED: Yes, revive the Monroe Doctrine

President Trump likes putting his name on things, so maybe it was inevitable he'd get his own corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. Truth be told, what the president's just-released national security strategy sets out as a new proposition is really a restatement of the Lodge Corollary, named ...

By Scott Dunn In recent weeks, several public statements have presented a misleading picture of what is happening with Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus, and it is important that the community has the facts. Local leaders have been fully engaged from the moment the Board of Trustees ...

OP-ED: The ongoing tragedy of Afghanistan

From Bush to Obama, Trump to Biden, and now Trump again, we’ve had 20-plus years of bad decisions in a “ready, fire, aim” scenario of expensive choices. Both American and Afghan citizens were caught in the crossfire. The truth is, nothing is black and white. Politics is often just a ...

OP-ED: We are … better than this

Earlier this month, the Penn State football team broke a six-game losing streak to defeat Michigan State and claim the rivalryĢƵ coveted Land Grant Trophy – an award established to honor the two universities as the first land-grant institutions in the United States. Both schools were ...

Fate whispers to the warrior, “You cannot withstand the storm.” The warrior whispers back, “I am the storm.” – Author Unknown Every few generations, America faces a storm. The skies darken, institutions creak, and the comfortable certainties of what we see as normal politics give ...

OP-ED: PA needs more prison boot camps

The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has one of the highest recidivism rates in the nation. ThatĢƵ why its decision to close the Quehanna Boot Camp last month, the state prison with the lowest rate of recidivism and the highest rate of GED graduations, continues to deserve ...