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EDITORIAL: Let’s renew our promise

A travesty of justice is the only way to describe the continued persecution of law-abiding immigrants at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. In cities across the country and right here at home in Southwestern Pennsylvania, immigrants are being plucked from their ...

EDITORIAL: Take the high road

We鈥檝e all been there. Whether blinded by the high beams of a tailgating vehicle or unexpectedly cut off by another, the unexpected maneuvers that occur on short jaunts to the grocery or long drives to the beach are enough to provoke even the most even-tempered among us to raise a shaking ...

EDITORIAL: Put the phone down or pay up

Imagine driving 55 miles per hour with your eyes closed for five seconds 鈥 the equivalent of the length of a football field. Sounds terrifying, doesn鈥檛 it? Now, imagine reading or sending a text message while behind the wheel. The five seconds spent looking at your cellphone and not the ...

Feeling blue? Take a hike

Gas prices, war in the Mideast, yo-yoing stock market got you down? You might benefit from a little 鈥渇orest bathing.鈥 The Japanese wellness practice has nothing to do with showering in the woods but is intended to provide a digital detox, an opportunity to disengage from urban trappings ...

A life well-lived

Everybody has a story. Had it not been for his great-niece, we couldn鈥檛 have shared the one about Jimmy Rasel in last Sunday鈥檚 newspaper. The 79-year-old Lone Pine man was beloved to all who met him, and Amanda McWreath knew it would resonate with readers. And not because he achieved ...

EDITORIAL: Don’t be scammed by skimmers

As we march ever closer toward a cashless society, the time is now to ramp up security at the checkout. Credit card fraud is on the rise and the most common form of identity theft. The statistics are staggering 鈥 and somewhat surprising: 鈥 63% of U.S. credit card holders have been ...