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Principal shortage signals another problem for education

The idea of being sent to the principal’s office has caused chills to go up the spine of many a student over the years. No one wants to go to there.It turns out, according to a newly released Penn State study, that as much as students don’t want to be in the principal’s office, a number ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> Those of us who feel like we’ve fulfilled our daily requirement for exercise by taking a brisk, hour-long walk in the morning can only feel a sense of admiration toward the Beaver County Boy Scouts, who recently hiked 100 miles to get to ...

OP-ED: The open-minded middle ground is a place to take refuge

What’s my takeaway from decades of exposure to the myriad ideas I’ve gotten from books?The eclectic compilation of literature in our home library ranges from the complete works of Mark Twain to one of the creators of CRISPR technology, Jennifer Doudna, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

OP-ED: Progressive gloom ignores a marvelous historical economic measure

WASHINGTON - Progressivism’s name connotes confidence in mankind’s ability (guided by progressives) to progress. Yet, progressivism often seems pessimistic. This encourages Americans’ low pain threshold and high capacity for complaining, traits unbecoming in a populace many of whose hardy ...

OP-ED: I knew Robert F. Kennedy, and you’re no Robert F. Kennedy

During a press event last week at an Upper East Side restaurant, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed that COVID-19 was “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people.” He said that “the people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.”Targeted at ...