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Editorials

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. – From the late Steve Jobs ...

Rocky Bleier said it well last year on Memorial Day. “This day is meant to be a time for reflection or contemplation more than celebration,” 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 ...

The colorful packaging bears trippy names like ZaZa, Neptune’s Fix, Pegasus and Purple Magic. Sold as an elixir or in pill form, the products promise feelings of “euphoria,” “happiness” and “bliss,” and are marketed to grab the attention – and cash – of young and old ...

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’ve 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 ...