Opinion

$100,000 in Social Security benefits is too much
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Apr 02, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — When someone says a retiree is “living off Social Security,” it’s not usually $100,000 a year. But some U.S. retired couples will be ...
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Bad policies have real consequences
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 02, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, wants to be president of the United States. He might be better off first attempting to address the many fest...
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Other Voices: The right ruling on NPR, PBS
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 02, 2026
Recently, a federal court struck down the president’s executive order that sought to eliminate funding for NPR and PBS, ruling that it violated the Fi...
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A safari as ‘professional development’
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Apr 01, 2026
Regina Speaker and Sandra Edling, directors of the county office managing schools in Montgomery County took the trip of a lifetime: a 14-day African s...
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Lessons from a recent special election
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MATT ZUPON RealClearPennsylvania 
Apr 01, 2026
As politicos across America hunker down and attempt to analyze polls to predict November’s midterms, no numbers prove more grounded than actual electi...
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Why organ donation matters
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By HEIDI WEEDER 
Apr 01, 2026
Every day, we move through life expecting immediacy like fast answers, quick deliveries and instant updates. For more than 100,000 people across the U...
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We gotta keep moving!
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Apr 01, 2026
PORTVILLE, N.Y. — A statistic in a retirement magazine startled me a little. AARP the Magazine noted that 65.3 million U.S. adults are considered “phy...
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Cybersecurity programmers’ China ties
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 27, 2026
The National Science Foundation is spending $67 million on software that will protect American research from cybercriminals in enemy nations like Chin...
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Helicopter parents are making Pa.’s teachers miserable
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBAS RealClearPennsylvania 
Mar 26, 2026
Pennsylvania’s teachers have the lowest morale in the country.  According to the most recent Education Week survey, it is not about pay, curriculum, o...
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Will Pennsylvanians punish Republicans over the Iran war?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By HUNTER DERENSIS RealClearPennsylvania 
Mar 26, 2026
On Feb. 28, Donald Trump made a bigger gamble than ever took place at any of his Atlantic City casinos. Betting that a joint U.S.-Israeli decapitation...
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Feds bought golf carts for $8.4 million
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 24, 2026
The federal government spent $8.4 million on purchases that included golf carts in fiscal year 2025, according to spending records obtained by Open th...
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There’s no constitutional right to sodas
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Mar 22, 2026
You should have to spend your own money to buy soda. Some people disagree. This month, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice sued the U.S. ...
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