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OP-ED: Why Johnny can’t read

Reading and math scores are abysmal across the country, as national testing results keep documenting. Illiteracy rates are rising: The number of 16- to 24-year-olds reading at the lowest literacy levels increased from 16% in 2017 to 25% in 2023, according to data from the National Center for ...

EDITORIAL: The holidays give us reasons to celebrate, be thankful

ItĢƵ now so deeply enmeshed in our culture that almost everyone knows how the movie “ItĢƵ A Wonderful Life” unfolds, and how frustrated, dispirited and despondent George Bailey finds reasons to live and embrace the small town he had once longed to escape. The Christmas Eve where George ...

TrumpĢƵ comments on Reiners’ deaths out of line

In recent days, the country has been reminded again of how far our civic culture has deteriorated under the influence of Donald Trump. When conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was murdered, Democrats were accused of celebrating his death. In reality, those reactions came, if at all, from ...

Cheers & Jeers

Cheers: We’re in the home stretch of the ĢƵĢƵ annual Give-A-Christmas campaign to support the Salvation Army service centers in Fayette County. ItĢƵ not too late to contribute to help us meet our $10,000 goal. All donations remain in the local area to help fund the ...

LETTER: Invest in our future

Last month in an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News Donald Trump stated that America lacks a certain talent pool while he was defending his recent changes to the H-1B visa program. This particular visa is what allows domestic employers to hire skilled professionals for temporary periods ...

OP-ED: Christmas with Mrs. Claus

Back when shopping was an event, my old mentor John Gunter ran the legendary Penn Traffic Department Store in Johnstown. JohnĢƵ motto was simple: Go big or go home. And when it came to Christmas, he went mega-big. That store was a winter wonderland with wreaths the size of a 1968 Chrysler ...