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OP-ED: Start the new year with optimism

It is a new year, and with that comes every level of challenge, every range of consternation, and absolutely all types of what-ifs. We all know what it is like to get on that scale on Jan. 1, when we hear that little voice emitting from our amygdala that says, “Will one of you please step ...

OP-ED: Casey says goodbye, but is it final?

David McCormick became a U.S. senator on Friday, the first day of business for the 119th Congress. A Republican, McCormick squeezed out a victory over the Democrat, Robert P. Casey Jr., the longtime incumbent whose political career goes back decades. Casey's father, the "real" Bob Casey, ...

Free markets are very good at helping the economy function efficiently; when prices rise, profit seekers are attracted to that sector and try to cash in on the profit potential by creating supply, helping society allocate resources where the demand is. With the creation of the internet and ...

OP-ED: Some warm holiday memories

Until 1957, when my grandmother passed away, my brother and I shared a bedroom. We shared the same antique bed where my grandparents' eight children were conceived and born. Thank goodness no one ever told us that when we were kids. The heat for our house came from one of those old ...

Capitalism has created more wealth than any other economic system. Material wealth is not the only measure of happiness, but conservatives are right to credit capitalism for lifting millions of people out of poverty. I understand why many people love capitalism, but it has some issues. ...