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Pennsylvanians deserve Fetterman-Oz debate

How we conduct elections has changed over the years.It is no longer a show of hands. It isn’t by the roar of the crowd. We don’t drop a pebble in a vessel like they did in ancient Greece — although the evolution of that process is where we get the word “ballot,” from the Italian for ...

We may be through with COVID, but COVID isn’t through with us

President Biden ran into some trouble a couple of weeks ago when he said in a “60 Minutes” interview that COVID-19 is “over.” The immediate reaction was that Biden had committed a gaffe and it could jeopardize efforts by his administration to round up further funding to combat the ...

GOP keeps up fight on mail vote rules

Republican groups joined forces last week to sue Pennsylvania over a mail-in voting policy, in their latest offensive against the stateĢƵ election rules.The Republican National Committee, alongside several other GOP electoral fronts and the state Republican Party, sued the commonwealth for ...

Be careful what you ask for

When I moved from California to Wichita, Kan., in the late 1980s, I was frequently reminded that the move would give me “culture shock.”I tried to ignore folks when they insisted I'd have difficulty slowing down to the pace of native Wichitans.I felt I’d adapted fairly well. But the one ...

Maybe in 2023: ‘Back-to-the-future’

As regular season play nears its end, itĢƵ time to look forward. As they used to say in Brooklyn, “We can’t wait till next year.” (Actually, they said, about their beloved Dodgers, “Wait till next year,” in recognition of the fact that “dem Bums” had once failed to achieve what ...