Wanting public money, but not the accountability
More and more, it appears that Pennsylvania’s charter schools want to have it both ways.
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Editorials
In seizure of AP phone records, a troubling precedent
In the years since 9/11, one need not be among the more hysterical reaches of either the right or the left to be concerned about actions undertaken in the name of national security that have, in fact, eroded due process and endangered fundamental rights and liberties.
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Carmichaels, Cumberland should discuss police merger
Carmichaels Borough decided last week to hold off on a plan to hire a new police officer because it was discussing a possible agreement to have Cumberland Township police help patrol the borough.
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All politics are local
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tip O’Neill famously declared that “all politics is local.” You can take such a statement in a variety of ways, but there are some profound truths hidden in there.
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Our endorsements in common pleas contest
Since the beginning of this year, the Washington County Court of Common Pleas has been like a 747 flying on only three engines. Fully staffed at six judges, it is operating now with four because of the departures of judges Janet Moschetta Bell and Paul Pozonsky.
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Editorial voices from elsewhere
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad as compiled by the Associated Press:
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Read and chuckle
The front page of Wednesday’s newspaper was as serious as any day’s, but it still offered us two opportunities to chuckle.
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IRS offices’ behavior more than ‘inappropriate’
The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation of the Internal Revenue Service after the agency apologized this week for what it called “inappropriate” targeting of conservative political groups seeking tax-exempt status. It may be difficult for the government to prove...
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Letters
Pension system is sustainable
The May 9 editorial on public employee pensions omits some facts and makes some misleading statements.
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Change the tax system
Congress is very busy lately, trying to fix blame for the delay or denial of 401c application forms from conservative organizations. Is the denial the fault of a political party or government employees behaving badly? The use of the Internal Revenue Service to harass and hinder opponents has been...
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A slap in the face
Washington City Hall has slapped the business district in the face once again.
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No more political correctness
We are all created equal but that’s where it ends. Our lives are shaped by our family, friends, government, religions and yes, even the press. In the shaping of who we are to become this equality dissolves. We all become unique. Some become priests and some become murderers. Some become...
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The worst kind of politics
Many residents of Trinity Area School District were victimized by a political drive-by when they visited their mailboxes earlier this week.
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No progress in Donora
Donora has no banks, no grocery stores, no gas stations and the powers that be talk about progress.
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Cuts will have an impact
Joe Main, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, can brag about having only 19 mining deaths in the United States last year, but he neglects to mention that in only the first three months of 2013 there were eight mining deaths in America. When sequestration cut just under half...
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Corporate bullying in Nottingham
The presence of unarmed security guards at the May 6 Nottingham Township supervisors meeting would be laughable, except for the fact it is an example of classic textbook corporate bullying. Ramaco, a Kentucky company, wants to open a coal mine in the heart of rural Nottingham Township. The...
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