York Dispatch, PNA host high school essay contests to combat distracted driving

The Pennsylvania News Media Association Foundation and The York Dispatch are hosting editorial contests giving teenagers the chance to win money by raising awareness about distracted driving.

OP-ED: Nixon, Johnson and Trump: America’s angry presidents

Lost amid the current fuss over presidential impeachment is one strong resemblance Donald Trump bears to two predecessors who landed in impeachment proceedings, Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon. Anger and griev

by David O. Stewart  | 1 day ago

OP-ED: What does the Recorder of Deeds Office really do?

I sometimes hear people say “all the Recorder of Deeds Office does is record deeds.” It’s a common misconception about all the work performed in this important office.

by Laura Shue  | 2 days ago

OP-ED: Step up, or stop complaining

During this year’s municipal elections, voters will see familiar names when they stand in front of their voting machines … not the names from the nightly news, but rather the names of friends and neighbors who want to serve their community.

by David M. Sanko  | 2 days ago

OP-ED: What would Lincoln do? 16th president navigated times even more polarized than today’s

Abraham Lincoln, who was born 210 years ago this month, was president during an era even more rancorous and polarized than our own. Yet he managed to navigate it – not in a way that pleased everyone or made him

by David Blankenhorn  | 3 days ago

EDITORIAL: Smucker, Perry roll over for Trump

Allegiance to President Donald Trump and fear of his frothing base yet again superseded any semblance of principle or duty.

by York Dispatch Editorial Board  | 19 hours ago

EDITORIAL: York City neighborhood plan has merit

There is no shortage of challenges in the city of York and, over the years, there has been no shortage of ideas for tackling them.

by York Dispatch Editorial Board  | 5 days ago

OP-ED: Central Pa. youth baseball needs support for live-saving equipment

Our community is quite fortunate to have so many vibrant and active youth baseball organizations. They do an incredible job, using the resources available to them, to create the opportunity for children to learn the fundamentals of baseball in a fun, safe and positive environment.

by Tim Colgan  | 6 days ago

OP-ED: Climate crisis requires us to invest in future, not subsidize the past

People across the United States, from Los Angeles to Des Moines to Orlando, deserve to drive affordable cars that don’t harm the places they love and pollute the air we all breathe.

by Gina Coplon-Newfield  | 6 days ago

EDITORIAL: State police fee is fair

The free ride enjoyed by municipalities that rely solely on Pennsylvania State Police coverage should end.

by York Dispatch Editorial Board  | 6 days ago

York Dispatch will replace ‘Non Sequitur’ comic after vulgar Trump shot

Comic strip Non Sequitur will soon be removed from the pages of the York Dispatch.

by York Dispatch  | 6 days ago

OP-ED: It’s time to shut down tax havens

For many Americans, February is tax time — or at least the time they are reminded of their need to pay taxes, now that the forms are all in. That means millions of people are starting to sift through piles of p

EDITORIAL: Ice arena probe drags on too long

The investigation into possible wrongdoing at the York City Ice Arena has dragged on for a year and a half. It's time for a resolution.

LETTER: ‘Power grab’ comment is chilling

The recent response by Sen. Mitch McConnell to legislation in the House of Representatives intended to make it easier for everyday Americans to vote is a clear indication of the stranglehold that large corporations and the excessively wealthy have on our political system.

LETTER: Why won’t you help powerline opponents, Gov. Wolf?

As part of a growing group of community and landowners still fighting the proposed, redundant, high-tension powerline project proposed by Transource, we’re asking, “Why won’t you help us, Gov. Tom Wolf?”

OP-ED: The greatest conservation program no one has ever heard of

Last September, despite broad partisan support, Congress failed to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which for more than 50 years has preserved and improved federal, state, and local parks and open spaces.

EDITORIAL: Like much else, comedy must change with times

There’s an old adage in writing: Don’t tell, show. It’s a rule of thumb that should be adapted more often to everyday life.

OP-ED: Johnson & Johnson rolls out a new Trump appeasement policy

Johnson & Johnson appears to have listened to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday.

OP-ED: Infrastructure returns as a bipartisan issue in Washington

President Donald Trump called for a bipartisan effort to pass an infrastructure bill in his latest State of the Union speech. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao echoed the same sentiments shortly after the

EDITORIAL: A chance to remake the York Galleria

A proposed min-casino could bring new life to a dying mall.

OP-ED: Pennsylvania’s roadmap to protect elections

Pennsylvania can no longer ignore threats to the security of its election system – nor does it have to.

OP-ED: Court change could put your health care at risk

Here in south-central Pennsylvania, we’re blessed with great health-care providers and facilities.

EDITORIAL: Shift ends for city chief

Best of luck to David Michaels as he joins WellSpan York Hospital’s emergency management team.

OP-ED: Wolf’s budget rhetoric meets reality

Last year, nearly 50 of our neighbors fled Pennsylvania every day. They moved to growing states like Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, seeking opportunity.

OP-ED: Shut down this shutdown ‘solution’

There have been 21 government shutdowns since the first one in 1976. What if America never had to deal with another one?

OP-ED: This State of the Union was a joust between Trump and a sea of women in white

Marching pioneers of the suffragette movement couldn’t have known a century ago when they wore white as a symbol of their cause that it would someday make its way into the chambers of Congress and upstage one o

EDITORIAL: Trump Lite offers wall-to-wall menu

There are two President Donald Trumps. One is the campaign-stop showman who speaks off the cuff, tweets from the hip and seeks to inflame rather than inform.

OP-ED: My furry valentine

Roses, hearts, chocolates … these aren’t what come to mind when I think of Valentine’s Day. The image I’ll always associate with the holiday is a small puppy, sitting in a cage and barking so enthusiastically that his front feet lifted off the floor with every yip and yap.

EDITORIAL: Time to try Saturday buck opener

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is considering a Saturday opening day for the firearms buck season. It's an idea that deserves to be tried.

LETTER: Thanks to Congress for Alzheimer’s act

Too often Alzheimer’s is treated as an aging issue, but it is a disease. Someone develops Alzheimer’s every 65 seconds in the United States.

OP-ED: How I fell for OxyContin

In 2000, when I was 19 and having an existential and Adderall-fueled nervous breakdown, I came home from college for a long weekend and sobbed in my mother’s arms. She held me and shushed me, and then – feeling

EDITORIAL: Cold days, warm days: Climate change continues

Last week, it was very cold, even for January. This week, it's warm for February. Neither weather extreme really matters when we're talking about climate change. Overall, the Earth is getting warmer. And people are the reason why.

LETTER: Immigration policy should be based in reality

Congress now has the opportunity to examine the facts concerning security at our southern land border with Mexico.

OP-ED: On Tuesday, Trump should channel his inner George Washington

In President Donald Trump’s inaugural address, he surveyed the nation’s landscape – crumbling infrastructure, leaky borders, costly wars, deadly deindustrialization and divisive identity politics – and in one i

OP-ED: Blackface incident not downplayed at Friendship

My heart is broken that Friendship Elementary School is among today’s headlines of blackface scandals.

EDITORIAL: Never an excuse for blackface

How it is 2019 and there are headlines both nationally and locally about persons of prominence made up in blackface?

OP-ED: Risking worse shutdowns

The 35-day partial government shutdown that cost the U.S. economy $11 billion can teach us something about our political process’ limits in problem-solving. These lessons are particularly important because a ne

EDITORIAL: On voting, GOP takes a holiday from its senses

If there was any doubt that the Republican game plan for maintaining elective majorities is to suppress the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did his best to lay it to rest this week.

OP-ED: Folmer supports constitutional amendments to reform Pa. elections

I’m pleased to join with Senate colleagues to propose bipartisan election changes — beginning with three constitutional amendments: absentee ballots, poll workers, and judicial retention elections.

OP-ED: Social media robs families of human connection

Using the computer was reducing my ability to concentrate, and I was determined to return to actual book reading to restore my ability to think and to reason.