Friday, May 25, 2012

Editorial & Opinion
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W-B Area needs to look outward

1:03 am
FOR THESE FIVE reasons, and probably more, the men and women on the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board should abandon any notions of picking an internal …

Urge W-B Area to make fresh start

May 23
THE OSTRICHES ON the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board, who keep their heads firmly planted while pretending all is well in this district, soon will …

Your money’s their meal ticket

May 22
FOR CERTAIN Wilkes-Barre council members, those out-of-town trips to municipal conferences and workshops really pay. Not only do the globetrotters …

Real-world advice for college grads

May 20
GREAT JOB, graduate. Well-wishes go to you and all the region’s recent college diploma recipients, including this weekend’s newly minted …

Valley with heart needs more art

May 18
MORE ART, please. The area’s annual homage to all things creative known as Fine Arts Fiesta, a free festival continuing today through Sunday …

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Senator Baker salutes courage of EMS workers EMS workers are usually the first to arrive on the scene of a car accident, a crime scene, a disaster or a fire. They never know what they will face … More
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Courts support voters, not secrecy

1:03 am
FEDERAL COURTS struck two blows last week for more transparency in election campaigns. Voters should be pleased. A federal appeals panel in …

Obama’s no friend to coal industry

May 24
AFTER SHAFTING the coal industry for years and getting a deservedly cold rebuke in West Virginia’s Democrat primary, Barack Obama now lists …

No defending this military bill

May 24
DEFICIT REDUCTION is supposedly the highest priority facing the nation, but the military budget passed by the House on Friday gives the lie to that. …

Reserve funds won’t fix schools

May 23
W E’RE TIRED OF politicians advising us to patch gaping holes with Band-Aids, especially when that advice comes from the man who made …

Pot smoking risks not to be ignored

May 22
FOR DECADES educators, health authorities and others have warned about the dangers of using illegal drugs, but a recent study indicated the message …

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Our Commentary

Can Greek yogurt rescue dairy farmers in need of aid? COMMENTARY Arden Tewksbury

May 23
WITHOUT ANY reservation, yogurt sales are spreading like wildfire, and much of this can be credited to the Greek yogurt plant in South New Berlin, …

Healthy workplace will improve production and bottom line COMMENTARY T.J. Fjelseth

May 15
HELPING EMPLOYEES get healthier and helping to curb the rising cost of health care should be priorities for all employers. And May, designated as …

Ah, spring and its rueful, roadside reminder of the cycle of life here Commentary Dr. Henry F. Smith Jr.

May 13
EVERY SPRING around Earth Day, my family and I join a group of neighbors on a Saturday morning to perform “roadside cleanup” along a …

With Victory Sports league, everyone wins – literally COMMENTARY Bill O’Boyle

May 12
FORTY FORT – Brandon Harvey caught the ball. Maybe that doesn’t sound like a major news event, but it was an accomplishment of major league …

The costs and consequences of ‘pink slime’ hysteria COMMENTARY Carl T. Shaffer

May 11
IT WAS like the old horror movie when a black blob descended from the sky causing people to flee in the city streets. There are at least two things …

Other Commentary

Only one party has messed up nation’s politics Commentary Leonard Pitts Jr.

May 20
AND ANOTHER one bites the dust. But Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar did not go quietly. After this month’s defeat in the Republican primary, the …

Likability’s the buzz word in campaign Commentary KATHLEEN PARKER

May 20
A PRESIDENTIAL race recently focused on high school has come to resemble a popularity contest of the same vintage. Hence, we read that women …

The ‘Great Books’ of Western civilization are still worth studying Commentary Jane S. Shaw

May 20
SOMETHING WE haven’t heard many university commencement speakers discuss this year is our Western heritage – or the related topics of …

Same-sex marriage: Empathy or right? Commentary CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

May 20
THERE ARE two ways to defend gay marriage. Argument A is empathy: One is influenced by gay friends in committed relationships yearning for the …

Nursing mother just what the hype doctor ordered Commentary Mitch Albom

May 20
WHEN I first saw the new Time magazine cover of a nearly 4-year-old boy nursing on his mother’s exposed breast, I must admit it made me …

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