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Charlie Kirk will live on for his work

Letters to the Editor

Sept. 10, 2025, is a day that will live in infamy. I believe the assassination of Charlie Kirk was not an act of political violence or part of the Radical Left’s agenda, it was the “Evil One” that murdered Kirk. He was murdered because he was spreading the words of Jesus Christ across America. Charlie’s wife, Erika, explained that his focus was “rebuilding” the family concept as well as motivating the college age individuals and families to attend a place of worship each Sunday. The following quote by Jesus Christ that really clarifies the world we live in today and ...

UPMC must do more to protect workers

Letters to the Editor

I have never worked in health care, but I have deep respect for those who do. Many of my friends and family members serve others through health care, law enforcement and fire service. The recent tragedies, including the York hospital shooting and the assault in Altoona, have shed light on a troubling issue: the lack of adequate protection for those who dedicate their lives to saving others. The response from UPMC has been disappointing. No corporation should allow executives to earn tens of millions of dollars while failing to reinvest in the safety and security of its ...

Christian nationalism is not Christian

Letters to the Editor

For some, Christian Nationalism simply means loving your country and using Christian beliefs to guide voting decisions. But there is a form of Christian Nationalism gaining traction in our country that is not really Christian at all. And this ideology is being stressed in some of our churches and in the political sphere. Christian Nationalism is based on several fallacies: 1. Our founding fathers intended our nation to be a Christian nation. In fact, our founding fathers believed in the separation of church and state and religious freedom for all. Under the constitution, all ...

Gov’t shutdown is about Epstein

Letters to the Editor

The House of Representatives has been out of session for 136 days. They have not been in session since Sept. 19. Speaker Johnson says he will open the House once the shutdown ends. Saying of course that Democrats are the cause of the shutdown. But let’s be honest. Speaker Johnson can call the House back in session anytime. There is work to do. But he is not for only one reason: Jeffery Epstein. This is an Epstein shutdown. It has nothing to do with Medicaid or ACA subsidies. As we know, the Senate has the power to fund the government without a single Democrat’s vote. They just ...

Elections focus on economy

Other Commentaries

The United States of America is 3.8 million square miles, filled with 340 million people, producing over $30 trillion in gross domestic product per year. We are the fourth-largest country by land, third by population and first by GDP. We no longer know each other, care for each other or like each other. We are a nation of isolated people staring at screens and filled with existential terrors about the other, whoever the other might be. On Tuesday night across America, those existential terrors played out with fear of the other. Hispanic voters who voted for President Donald Trump ...

High turnout shows voters are engaged

Editorials

It isn’t really a surprise when people don’t turn out for an election the year after a president is selected. Especially in Pennsylvania. As a perennial swing state, Pennsylvania is lobbied hard during a presidential year. The ads are everywhere — on TV, on the radio, online and in mailboxes, flooding homes in a monsoon of postcards. So when we come to the off-year, when positions like municipal council seats and judges of election are on the ballot, it’s understandable that people are still exhausted from the year before. The 2024 election was enough to make anyone want to ...