Opinion

Published on December 21, 2024 - Page 15
The tyrant is gone. After 13 years of civil war and 50 years under the repressive Assad regimes, Syrians have every reason to celebrate. Bashar al-...
Published on December 21, 2024 - Page 15
ROSE: Thanks to Diane Wasser for sharing her 63-year-long hobby with the rest of us. Wasser was featured in the paper Monday for a story about her...
Published on December 21, 2024 - Page 15
My Facebook "Memories" remind me my son Gideon has always been ahead of his time. Fourteen years ago, I was reading a book of world history for his...
Published on December 21, 2024 - Page 15
Immigration is, and will continue to be, a controversial topic. The least controversial aspect, however, is naturalization. Becoming a U.S. citizen...
Published on December 20, 2024 - Page 15
'All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," begins Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina. This is an appropriate lens...
Published on December 20, 2024 - Page 15
Bloomsburg council's decision to create a new administrative position to... do something supervisory could be a well-intentioned move to try to save...
Published on December 20, 2024 - Page 15
( EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr. James E. Cole of Bloomsburg recently sent in this column written by his son, Scott, about ALS roughly 2 years ago. Scott died...
Published on December 20, 2024 - Page 15
InsideSources.com As Christmas approaches, I know my Christian friends will ask me why I chose to work for the environmental nonprofit Earthday.org...
Published on December 19, 2024 - Page 19
Marijuana is legal in Pennsylvania. Kind of. Except not really. The twisting vines of what is and isn't OK in the Keystone State have been growing...
Published on December 19, 2024 - Page 19
There is something disturbingly wrong with American culture today. A poll from Emerson College released this week showed 41% of Americans 30 or...
Published on December 19, 2024 - Page 19
InsideSources.com Donald Trump has consistently spotlighted the dangers of unchecked immigration at America's southern border. He's also called out...
Published on December 19, 2024 - Page 19
Ever find yourself at the coffee counter in need of one of those cardboard insulators for your hot paper cup? What's that called? Few people know --...
Published on December 19, 2024 - Page 19
Why does Santa use GPS? He doesn't want to be a lost Claus. *** Where does Santa stay on vacation? At a ho-ho-ho-tel. *** What do you call Santa when...
Published on December 18, 2024 - Page 6
The loss of public trust in U.S. institutions is well-chronicled, and for an example of its cost consider the national mini-panic over unidentified...
Published on December 18, 2024 - Page 6
Danville seems on the verge of reconsidering the practice of inspecting rental properties in the borough -- at least if it heeds its council...
Published on December 18, 2024 - Page 6
My first encounter with the Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble was in the early 1990s, when my brother Andrew and I successfully auditioned for roles as a...
Published on December 18, 2024 - Page 6
Eos Therapeutic Riding Center continues today in part because of the generosity and blessings of many people. Eos would like to thank Press...
Published on December 18, 2024 - Page 6
By Jessica Mertzand Elizabeth J. Allan InsideSources.com  W e urge the president to sign the Stop Campus Hazing Act, which has finally made its way...
Published on December 17, 2024 - Page 6
Two Manhattan criminal cases have dominated headlines this week. In both, the presence of cameras was instrumental -- and in the best possible way....
Published on December 17, 2024 - Page 6
Gov. Josh Shapiro is right. Outgoing President Joseph Biden got it dramatically wrong when he included former Luzerne County Judge Michael Conahan in...
Published on December 17, 2024 - Page 6
I had a discussion the other day about just how unkind people become around Christmas. How the hustle and bustle of the season stresses the consumer...
Published on December 17, 2024 - Page 6
On Nov. 5, the presidential election captured most of the nation's attention. But few paid any mind to California's congressional races, since the...
Published on December 16, 2024 - Page 15
Longstanding laws and norms govern how one presidential administration is supposed to hand off power to the next. They're designed to ensure a smooth...
Published on December 16, 2024 - Page 15
InsideSources.com Nothing succeeds like ... secession. Oregon's conservative western counties want to break away from their deep-blue state and...
Published on December 15, 2024 - Page 8
In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland established new, but long-needed, press protections barring federal prosecutors from pursuing journalists'...
Published on December 15, 2024 - Page 8
ROSE: Easter is the holiday celebrated by Christians who believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead. A resurrection of a very different kind has...
Published on December 15, 2024 - Page 8
Throughout my time on the Bloomsburg Town Council, two realities have become clear. First, the tax base will never provide enough funding in any...
Published on December 15, 2024 - Page 8
This is in response to Wendy Kupsky's letter to the editor appearing Saturday, December 7, and I'd like to address her comment about the baseball...
Published on December 14, 2024 - Page 15
Bashar al-Assad's downfall came not with a bang but a whimper. The Syrian dictator reportedly fled his home in the wake of a blitzkrieg advance by a...
Published on December 14, 2024 - Page 15
THORN: The Berwick Area School Board is launching a search for a full-time superintendent to replace Wendy Kupsky, who stepped down to serve as...