Editorials
Letter to the Editor, Feb. 4, 2012
Stinks EDITOR: Regarding the threat of eminent domain in Sullivan County, I think that it stinks - enough to gag a maggot. I can't help but wonder how soon we will see ads on local TV stations or special programs on PBS TV, sponsored by the Marcellus Sha (read more)
Congress should pick up the ball against online piracy
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady talked this week about how great it is to be back in the Super Bowl, innocently mentioning in the process that he had watched last year's game over the Internet while vacationing in Costa Rica. As it turns out, (read more)
Letter to the Editor, Feb. 3, 2012
Lies and innuendo EDITOR: Congressman Marino's attack against the President and his ruling on the Keystone Pipeline would be devastating if it was based on truth. Unfortunately, for Mr. Marino - the facts are on the President's side. Mr. Marino's guest (read more)
Taking STOCK of the situation
Members of Congress are not exempt from federal law barring insider trading of stocks, bonds, commodities futures and other securities. But insider trading isn't always easy to define, and it's even less so regarding members of Congress. Most often, ins (read more)
Walter Brasch: Wanderings: The Lowly Groundhog: Long May They Live
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, Thursday. That means there will be an additional six weeks of winter. Or, it means there will be an early Spring. It doesn't make much difference. Phil has an accuracy rate of about 39 percent, according to the StormFax (read more)
Funding needed for redevelopment
Pennsylvania and some other states are engaged in the novel process of trying to cut their way out of recession, when growth should be the priority. Even in good times, Pennsylvania's government has a major role to play in economic redevelopment. Its hi (read more)
Rep. Tom Marino: Guest Column: Killing Keystone XL pipeline un-American
Consider this. You are presented with a $7 billion, shovel-ready project that would immediately create 20,000 good-paying, union-scale jobs with the promise of thousands more. The project has survived intense environmental scrutiny and was twice approved (read more)

Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor, Feb. 4, 2012
Stinks EDITOR: Regarding the threat of eminent domain in Sullivan County, I think that it stinks - enough to gag a maggot. I can't help but wonder how soon we will see ads on local TV stations or special programs on PBS TV, sponsored by the Marcellus Sha (read more)
Letter to the Editor, Feb. 3, 2012
Lies and innuendo EDITOR: Congressman Marino's attack against the President and his ruling on the Keystone Pipeline would be devastating if it was based on truth. Unfortunately, for Mr. Marino - the facts are on the President's side. Mr. Marino's guest (read more)
Letter to the Editor, Jan. 31, 2012
A naively shaped sensibility EDITOR: A recent article making a somewhat absurd connection between Martin Luther King, the Geneva Conventions and Accords, and the trapping of coyotes was brought to my attention this week. Since th (read more)