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EDITORIAL: A shout-out to the Class of 2026

As another school year comes to a close, we wanted to offer some words of wisdom to our new high school and college graduates. We looked to a few notable keynote commencement addresses for inspiration. Some are poignant, others, irreverent, but all are memorable. 鈥 From the late Steve Jobs ...

Take a moment to reflect on Memorial Day

Rocky Bleier said it well last year on Memorial Day. 鈥淭his day is meant to be a time for reflection or contemplation more than celebration,鈥 he told the crowd assembled for the annual tribute to the members of the armed forces buried at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil ...

EDITORIAL: Honor Mom every day

This morning, moms everywhere are waking to breakfast in bed, and, hopefully, being shown how much they are loved and appreciated by their families. And we owe it all to Anna Jarvis. Anna advocated relentlessly for the national holiday on the second Sunday in May to honor the legacy of her ...

OP-ED: Learning a lesson, one POTUS at a time

George W. Bush recently made a point of saying, about George Washington, that the first president of the United States, "by relinquishing power rather than holding onto it ... ensured America wouldn't become a monarchy, or worse." Bush's words were taken as a swipe at President Donald Trump, ...

Letter to the editor

What champs? Despite football鈥檚 rabid fans stuffing the North Shore like a mattress in a briefcase last week and setting an attendance record for the annual NFL Draft, Pittsburgh will have a difficult time maintaining its 鈥淐ity of Champions鈥 moniker. After a mediocre season with three ...

EDITORIAL: Ban 鈥榞as station heroin鈥 now

The colorful packaging bears trippy names like ZaZa, Neptune鈥檚 Fix, Pegasus and Purple Magic. Sold as an elixir or in pill form, the products promise feelings of 鈥渆uphoria,鈥 鈥渉appiness鈥 and 鈥渂liss,鈥 and are marketed to grab the attention 鈥 and cash 鈥 of young and old ...