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Editorials

E-bike crackdown welcome

The June 12 Mirror front-page headline “E-bikes, vandalism spurring concerns in Duncansville” was an appropriate Page 1 introduction to the article to which it referred. However, the appropriate headline for an opinion page editorial related to that article requires more bluntness: ...

Insurance holders should read fine print

Thousands of insurance policies are bought each day in America, and the people who have purchased those policies usually feel some semblance of peace of mind, believing they will be protected if they are victimized by an event such as an accident, fire or weather disaster, including a hurricane ...

College grads may need a future ‘pivot’

Each year many thousands of America’s college students complete their studies and embark on professional careers, believing that the sky’s the limit, especially if they’ve worked hard to prepare for what lies before them. After all, again, this is America, the country with boundless ...

GOOD Act should be on Trump’s desk

The Las Vegas Review-Journal The Trump administration has made strides in chopping away at the corpulent federal administrative state. Nevertheless, the Competitive Enterprise Institute estimates government regulations still pile $2 trillion in annual costs on American consumers, or nearly ...

Billing abuse for autism aid unconscionable

Most people cannot imagine the challenges autism poses to families caring for someone afflicted with the developmental disorder. But when those challenges are exacerbated by unscrupulous individuals and companies, people need to take notice and not be shy about projecting their disgust and ...

Parting with parking firm the right move

It doesn’t make sense to allow a problem to fester when there’s the ability to put the problem to rest. The Altoona Parking Authority followed that thinking on May 26 when it voted unanimously to terminate its contract with the company it hired just over a year ago to manage downtown ...