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OP-ED: Privacy vs. safe streets: Hard choice

I had a tough argument with a friend who was incensed that our local police had placed traffic cameras at major intersections. He felt that the authorities were running surveillance on innocent citizens. I countered that if police officers sitting in their cars observed drivers going through ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Jeers:</strong> Health outcomes tend to be worse in rural communities than in urban areas, and certainly part of the reason for this is spotty access to health care services. A March of Dimes report last year identified Greene County as one of six counties in ...

EDITORIAL: Legislative negligence on guns

One of PennsylvaniaĢƵ recent gun-related tragedies occurred in the Brewerytown section of Philadelphia.A 14-year-old boy with severe developmental disabilities found an unsecured handgun in his grandmotherĢƵ bedroom and accidentally shot his cousin, a 2-year-old girl, in the head. The ...

OP-ED: Don’t worry, Ken, there’s room in Barbie’s world

LetĢƵ hear it for Ken.Yes, I’m talking about the Mattel doll or, as my son called him in his daycare days, “BarbieĢƵ action figure.”My wife and I saw Greta GerwigĢƵ “Barbie” in the theater a few nights ago, seeking something therapeutically light after seeing “Oppenheimer,” ...