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Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Kudos to Barry Couser and Judi Wyndroski, who have turned their morning strolls through Belle Vernon Cemetery in North Belle Vernon into a quest to honor military veterans. A month or so ago, Couser noticed a damaged flag on one of the graves ...

OP-ED: John Fetterman makes the U.S. Senate safe for disgraceful slobs

John Fetterman’s Senate legacy is now set — he’s the guy who made it possible to dress like a slob.What the Missouri Compromise was to Henry Clay, what the Second Reply to Hayne was to Daniel Webster, what the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was to Lyndon Johnson, Carhartt sweatshirts and baggy ...

OP-ED: What about Gina Raimondo?

As Joe Biden runs for a second term, we’ll be hearing more questions about his age-related cognitive abilities. So far, he’s doing just fine. And never mind that his likely Republican opponent, Donald Trump, gave speeches last weekend confusing the current president with Barack Obama and ...

OP-ED: Trying to disqualify Trump is lawlessness masquerading as legality

WASHINGTON - Mae West, a salty actress, once played a character who said that when facing a choice between two evils, she opted for the one she hadn’t tried before. A 2024 presidential choice between today’s incumbent and his immediate predecessor would preclude West’s cheerful strategy: ...

EDITORIAL: Commission must focus on fairness

In approving the new state budget, lawmakers and Gov. Josh Shapiro took a pass on complying with the historic Commonwealth Court decision earlier this year, which found that the government’s distribution of education funding shortchanges poorer districts and is unconstitutional.The 15-member ...