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Farnham will fight for all citizens

Letters to the Editor

In 2024, I saw a yard sign, ”Trump Low Prices, Kamala High Prices.” Here we are only two years later and all costs are higher: gas, housing, healthcare, childcare, groceries. U.S. Rep. John Joyce enabled Trump to become $4 billion richer while we are $4 trillion poorer. Our country is in real trouble. Joyce has backed Trump at every turn and it is time to vote him out. We need a leader who thinks and votes for the people she represents. Beth Farnham will say no to frivolous spending of our tax dollars, Trump’s vanity projects, buying votes, his war and to lining his pockets ...

Protecting our youth important

Letters to the Editor

Kids today use more than 40 apps, with thousands more added to the App Store every week. As a grandmother and small-business owner, I know how overwhelming it is to keep up. I should not have to spend my nights worrying about what my grandchildren are seeing on their phones. That is why I am grateful Sen. John Fetterman co-sponsored the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA, S. 1748), which would give parents better tools to manage settings, screen time, and privacy on the platforms children use every day. KOSA gives parents control inside apps. But families also need protection before an app ...

Universities walk tightrope with free speech

Editorials

Free speech isn’t easy. It’s a balancing act between opposing positions: what can be said, what should be said, and what the consequences are. It is a tug-of-war Carnegie Mellon University is experiencing in different ways. The school is investigating posts by a professor that are garnering criticism. Uju Anya is an associate professor of second-language acquisition. It is the study of learning new ways to speak. Perhaps it is ironic that Anya’s words are creating trouble. The words in question are social media posts, some recent and some going back years. They are easy ...

Why affordability matters to me

Letters to the Editor

As a Libertarian-leaning Republican, I am not your typical college student. Despite the political differences I have with some of my peers, I feel the same pains they do. Whether it is gas or groceries, we are all paying the same prices. We have all talked and heard about affordability. The cost of living is on everyone’s minds and wallets. Today, I submit to you the affordability argument. Like a lot of people on the right, I have my own thoughts and opinions on the war in the Middle East. However, this election is about the people of Pennsylvania. Affordability should be a major ...

No need to panic over AI

Opinion

In the satirical 1964 anti-war film “Dr. Strangelove,” fears of a “Doomsday machine,” an automated, unstoppable device programmed to trigger global nuclear annihilation if the Soviet Union is attacked, gripped U.S. leaders and the Soviet ambassador in the American “war room.” Predictions of doomsdays by various means have gripped, even entertained the world for centuries. We are just getting over bogus predictions of “climate change” disasters and now comes artificial intelligence. AI insiders are telling TV interviewers that AI can potentially destroy the human ...

Data center concerns need leadership

Opinion

The midterm elections are right around the corner, and both parties are about as popular as a Monday-morning visit to the DMV. The time-tested solution? Find a scapegoat, go negative, and blame the other side. This year the weaponized bogeyman is artificial intelligence. Many Americans are falling for the anti-AI information operation. They shouldn’t. A new poll from Politico has the grisly details: 63% of Americans think AI has the potential to “destroy humanity.” A majority of both Democrats and Republicans now think AI could herald the apocalypse. That’s quite a sea ...