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OP-ED: How comment section trolls took over the Republican Party

Is the GOP becoming a dysfunctional chatroom?In economics, Gresham鈥檚 law on currency markets holds that 鈥渂ad money drives out good.鈥 That same principle also applies to the comment sections on online sites.In comments sections 鈥 including such mega-versions like Twitter 鈥 the nastiest ...

LETTER: Libraries are essential to their communities

As National Library Week came to an end last week, it reminded me of what public libraries have meant to me in the years before I ever even thought about working in a library.From my earliest school years, when I was taken to the Carnegie Free Library in Connellsville, all I could say when I ...

EDITORIAL: Fewer employees can add up to high costs

Sometimes having fewer people to do the job might mean more work for the employees but a lower bottom line for the payroll.You have a store to staff, for example. You want 10 people to work from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. You only have five. You shuffle those around, have a little less coverage at ...

OP-ED: No, 21 is not too young to handle classified documents

Online, Jack Teixeira played the hotshot. The Massachusetts Air National guardsman, now accused of leaking valuable military intelligence, regaled his chat group pals about the juicy top-secret stuff he could share. 鈥淭he job I have lets me get privilege鈥檚 above most intel guys,鈥 he ...