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Opinion

Independence Day 2025

Columns

We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 1776? When the President of the United ...

E-bikes banned

Letters To The Editor

I am writing this letter today, June 22, because my husband and I just got back from a bike ride out to Presque Isle and I am both upset and angry. We love both walking and biking but both being in our 70s now we decided to buy class 2-E bikes last year. We did so because they have a throttle ...

Rising national debt is already troublesome

Editorial

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won’t be able to drink all it wants from the fountain of easy money. The more immediate danger is that the fountain ...

The Fourth of July: A bittersweet birthday

Columns

America's 249th birthday Friday will be no party. Call it bittersweet at best. The guns of Gettysburg were stilled on July 4, 1863, after the Union Army whipped Robert E. Lee and Confederates brigades in a raging three-day theater of civil war. Now somehow, without ever reading it, ...

Watch out for holiday hazards

Editorial

As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day with backyard barbecues, fireworks displays, and poolside gatherings, homeowners should be mindful of potential risks that could lead to property damage or injury. “While this holiday is a time of celebration, it also brings a spike in home ...