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Uniforms not good fit for Portage schools
The Portage School Board ought to table the idea of school uniforms once and for all. Comment?
Joe Paterno stokes Penn State pride at pep rally
Of the several thousand Penn State fans that crowded around the small stage in the shopping plaza for the bowl pep rally, Pleasureville's Nancy Lucas had just about the best spot. Comment?
Franklin County marriage license applications
... license applications are part of the public record at Franklin County Courthouse. They are published by Public Opinion as a service to readers. All marriage licenses are published. Elwood Gene Jacobs III, Chambersburg, and Zelda Jean Warnick Scalia, ... Comment?
But it's no one's favorite wage, and therein lies the rub. The Internet - a marvelous tool for good and ill - is the battleground pitting the rights of people who create things and those who want to use them for free. Comment?
Franklin County area police log
Dickinson Township, Cumberland County TERRORISTIC THREATS: Pennsylvania State Police, Carlisle, had to evacuate a few people from 910 Meyerstown Road on Tuesday morning after a family member allegedly pointed a rifle at them while he was drunk. 2 comments
Christmas gift of ATV for boy, 9, stolen from Letterkenny Township
Nine-year-old Parker Starr got one look at his Christmas present in the moonlight. 31 comments
Pa. Turnpike tolls increase Sunday
Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls will increase for the second straight year. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission said tolls will increase 3 percent starting Sunday. 5 comments
A different airport security experience at Heathrow
I would like to refute M Hadley's description of lax security at Heathrow Airport on a recent trip. Comment?
Now that the annual holiday drinking, um, party season is almost over and many are vowing never to do anything like that again, herea s my idea for a national New Yeara s resolution: How about we declare a moratorium on celebrity sex scandals? Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story. Comment?
Michael Vick should not be rewarded for cruel behavior
... say "Well, he made a mistake." What he did was not a "mistake." It was ongoing violent, cruel behavior that, in my opinion, demonstrates a very flawed character, a very sick mind and a person totally without any regard for life. A person who would ... Comment?
World's democracies need to stand against torture
... military and political leaders of the 1967-1974 junta regime and some of the most cruel torturers. Public opinion in Greece strongly condemned the abuses, and that disapproval has held up over the years. In contrast, none of the "great democracies" ... Comment?
Homicides more important than home assessments
The lack of focus on the fundamental issue of violence hinders progress in the city by pretending it isn't there. Comment?
There is a middle-class tax time bomb ticking in the Senatea s version of President Obamaa s effort to reform health care. Comment?
THAT'S "REALITY'' in air quotes, of course, since the reality TV that dominated the cultural landscape bore little resemblance to actual life. Comment?
START WITH the kiddie toys, the pajamas, and the computers. Then think about how far China has come since a panicky politburo ordered the People's Liberation Army to open fire on the people in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Comment?
A gadget odyssey, at Applea s instigation
When writer Arthur C. Clarke gazed forward from the 1960s toward 2001, he saw HAL, an artificially intelligent computer that would help astronauts explore distant worlds. Comment?
Carbon controls: Do it for the pinot noir
Wine snobs of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your reputation for haughty elitism. Comment?
Editorial: Few will mourn the end of a bad year that ended a bad decade
This has been one tough year, a bad end to a bad decade that included the worst terrorist act ever on American soil and the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Comment?
Editorial: Security system's failure was ultimately human
Greater attention must be made to existing anti-terrorism rules ... Subscribers must LOG-IN to read this full story. Comment?
The Record: Letters, Dec. 31, 2009
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Regarding Editorial Page Editor Alfred P. Doblin's "Jersey Shore: Where the living and people are easy" : I suggest that it would have been more helpful for Doblin to have formed his opinion after watching more than just 15 minutes of this train wreck. Comment?