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Editorials

Student loans shouldn’t be all forgiven

President-elect Joe Biden campaigned in part on behalf of canceling hundreds of billions of dollars of student debt, starting with a $10,000 write-off for all 43 million Americans with federal loans. But as an article in last Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal pointed out, tough choices loom ...

Congress must ease burden

Many U.S. hospitals are under siege because of COVID-19. Both in personnel and other resources, they need all the help they can get. Earlier this year, when most people thought the epidemic would peak by this fall, Congress acted wisely by including in the CARES Act a provision suspending ...

Extend CARES deadline

Unless members of Congress find some way to compromise and give Americans an early Christmas through a new round of COVID-19 relief funding, the holiday season will be grim for tens of millions of people. President Donald Trump can do little about that — but he can do something. Among ...

With heavy hearts, we recall Dec. 7

This weekend, Americans will be reflecting on accounts about the infamous Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. Despite the passing of 79 years, there likely will be some new angle regarding that horrible day that will be informative both to senior ...

Corruption blowing up in Ohio

Give FBI officials credit for holding their cards close to the vest regarding utility-related corruption in Ohio. What is troubling is that the number of cards seems to be increasing. Earlier this year, federal agents arrested former state House of Representatives Speaker Larry Householder ...

With hunting here, keep CWD in mind

The continued presence of Chronic Wasting Disease in the deer population is no doubt inflicting some measure of unease in what the Pennsylvania Game Commission labels as the “regular firearms season” that is beginning this weekend. This is only the second year in more than half a century ...