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State should help brewers diversify, expand

Gov. Gifford Pinchot – who was a visionary in other respects – disagreed with ProhibitionĢƵ repeal in 1933. He devised a system making it difficult to buy alcoholic beverages, and the commonwealth has had a long, torturous journey toward consumer choice that characterizes the rest of the ...

Where U.S. and Ukrainian war aims collide

To President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine, Crimea and the Donbas are national territories whose retrieval justifies all-out war to expel the invading armies of Vladimir PutinĢƵ Russia.Yet, who controls Crimea and the Donbas has, in the history of U.S.-Russian relations, never been an issue ...

Justice denied in Parkland killings

If anyone ever was a better candidate for the death penalty it is Nikolas Cruz. Four years ago the then-20-year-old shot and killed 17 people, most of them students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.Cruz pleaded guilty to all counts and last week came the sentencing ...

Why can’t we stop fentanyl flood into U.S.?

<em>EditorĢƵ note: Syndicated columnist Diane Dimond is on sabbatical. This column is from 2021.</em>About 11 times every hour, about 250 times a day, an American citizen dies of a drug overdose. The most frequent culprit is fentanyl. The most popular mode of ...

Pennsylvania needs to test schools for radon

Radon could be almost anywhere.You can’t see it like smoke. It is colorless and transparent. You can’t smell it like a gas leak. It gives off no telltale scent. You can’t feel it in the air like the moisture of a foggy day. It is as stealthy as it is dangerous.And it is definitely a ...

Reps seek to stop ‘insurrection’ candidates

A state senator is calling for officials to throw “insurrectionists” off the ballot, in the latest effort by Democratic lawmakers to target candidates tied to anti-government activity.In a memo to Senate colleagues this week, Sen. Art Haywood, D-Philadelphia, said he’ll propose a ...