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OP-ED: Oklahoma needs help, not ideology

While listening to an NPR report out of Moore, Okla., this week, I was genuinely shocked. Not by the scale of the devastation or the tenacity of people who have grown stoically accustomed to the damage tornados can do, but by a political sentiment that, in almost any other era, would not have been surprising at all. Full Story

OP-ED: It's news, not espionage

The Obama administration has no business rummaging through journalists' phone records, perusing their emails and tracking their movements in an attempt to keep them from gathering news. Full Story

OP-ED: Is American democracy in trouble?

We know American politics are dysfunctional. But after a week of scandal obsession during which the nation's capital and the media virtually ignored the problems most voters care about -- jobs, incomes, growth, opportunity, education -- it's worth asking if there is something especially flawed about our democracy. Full Story

OP-ED: Pa. Common Core Standards prepare students for success

Almost a decade ago, governors from across the country got together to have a long-overdue discussion about why so many students were graduating from high school ill-prepared for college. Full Story

LETTER: Swomley most qualified supervisor candidate

As we look toward the political future of our township, we are thankful for the leaders who have made our community the envy of the county. Full Story

OP-ED: Symptoms of Benghazi Syndrome

The American Psychiatric Association's latest handbook -- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) -- is about to be published. Full Story

LETTER: Gay extremely prepared to serve York County

I have had the great pleasure of knowing Pam Gay for many years. Pam Gay is a smart, hard-working individual with compassion and integrity. Full Story

OP-ED: At a loss for words on Syria

It turns out that President Obama did not mean to say "red line" after all. The New York Times tells us the president misspoke. Full Story

OP-ED: Protecting York's innocents and innocence

In less than just one year, we, as a nation and a community, have lost too many victims to gun violence and domestic terrorism in Aurora, Colo. Full Story

OP-ED: Pennsylvania must revamp way we care for seniors

The debate continues on how or if the Affordable Care Act will actually help Americans who need health care. Full Story