Publisher's Point Of View
Robert Allan Hooftallen
      Vacation has come and gone. My pale skin is deep red, heading toward brown. My lips are cracked from too much sun. I've got a nice, new haircut. On the outside, I'm looking my age, which is about all I can ask for these days, considering the abuse it takes trying to maintain my life's wicked pace.
More ...

Through An 'Old Timer's' Eyes
By Howard 'Mac' McDonald
      March is always an interesting month. Yes, it "comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb." The government has decreed March as National Women's Month. That got me thinking. We could start out by calling January National Pay Your Christmas Bill Month. It could also be Bah Humbug Month. Even th...
More ...

Left behind
      To the Editor: Congress, which convened this month, needs to bring a complete makeover of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) to the top of its agenda. This highly acclaimed law has the delusive appearance of being the cure-all for public schools. It appears to be a colossal myth that "no child...
More ...


      Robert Speel is a professor of political science at Penn State University Many Pennsylvania voters this May will be asked if they want to raise local income taxes by a large margin to replace revenue lost to property tax cuts There is a catch: The property tax cuts will be only for homeowners...
More ...