Editorial: Obamacare is more popular and costlier than ever
A rude surprise could be in store for the millions of Americans who get health...
Editorials
Editorial: Putin’s weaker than he looks. Seize the opportunity
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to project an image of economic strength while prosecuting...
![A first-edition copy of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” sure would be a great gift to receive this Christmas morning for the bibliophile in your life. It’s a fascinating publication, really. Under mounting financial pressure at home and directives from his publisher to turn around a recent lull in popularity, Dickens began writing the timeless tale of personal and spiritual transformation during the holiday season in October of 1843. On Dec. 19, about 6,000 first-edition copies hit shelves in shoppes around London. By Christmas Eve, they were all sold, for the sound investment of just 5 shillings apiece. If […]](https://www.citizensvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CC2.jpg?w=132 "A first-edition copy of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” sure would be a great gift to receive this Christmas morning for the bibliophile in your life. It’s a fascinating publication, really. Under mounting financial pressure at home and directives from his publisher to turn around a recent lull in popularity, Dickens began writing the timeless tale of personal and spiritual transformation during the holiday season in October of 1843. On Dec. 19, about 6,000 first-edition copies hit shelves in shoppes around London. By Christmas Eve, they were all sold, for the sound investment of just 5 shillings apiece. If […]")
Our Opinion: Charity and compassion of Christmas a year-round call
A first-edition copy of Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” sure would be a great...
Dave McCormick should honor Bob Casey’s legacy
Dec. 20—This week, Pennsylvanians said goodbye to Sen. Bob Casey following a contentious campaign against...
America’s future depends on a thriving free press, and it’s time we take it back
The press is the only profession specifically named and protected in the United States Constitution....
![To the overwhelming majority of animal lovers, pets are family. They may not be the whole life of human members of a family, but they so often make families whole. Or, as whole as they can be. With the stroke of a pen last month, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recognized the value of pets to […]](https://www.citizensvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/PUG.jpg?w=109 "To the overwhelming majority of animal lovers, pets are family. They may not be the whole life of human members of a family, but they so often make families whole. Or, as whole as they can be. With the stroke of a pen last month, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro recognized the value of pets to […]")
Our Opinion: Protecting pets from abuse is key in saving humans, too
To the overwhelming majority of animal lovers, pets are family. They may not be the...
![When laws change, established rules obviously must do the same. When those have to change rapidly, there’s too often a sense that loopholes can’t be closed until they are exploited. To be fair to the NCAA, it has been playing a constant game of catch-up over the last few years, with court rulings necessitating Name, Image and Likeness policies allowing players to be paid, in addition to the formation of the transfer portal in which they can shop their services each year to interested programs. Yet as the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff tournament kicks off this weekend — including […]](https://www.citizensvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CVC-L-PENNSTATE-02.jpg?w=132 "When laws change, established rules obviously must do the same. When those have to change rapidly, there’s too often a sense that loopholes can’t be closed until they are exploited. To be fair to the NCAA, it has been playing a constant game of catch-up over the last few years, with court rulings necessitating Name, Image and Likeness policies allowing players to be paid, in addition to the formation of the transfer portal in which they can shop their services each year to interested programs. Yet as the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff tournament kicks off this weekend — including […]")
Our Opinion: NCAA letting student-athletes and programs down with portal timing
When laws change, established rules obviously must do the same. When those have to change...
Editorial: Drinking is up nationwide, so pace yourself over Christmas and New Year’s
This holiday season, whether you raise a toast, or spike the punch or have a...
![Be outraged. Be concerned. Be saddened, for what was lost. But don’t dare be surprised. The familiar refrain of this nation’s saddest, most embarrassing song is being sung again this week, as authorities in Wisconsin try to make sense of what happened Monday at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. Six injured. Three dead, including 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, the troubled student who opened fire on a study hall with a 9 mm pistol. Police are still investigating how Rupnow obtained the weapon used in the shooting. Not that it matters much in Wisconsin, even though it is one of […]](https://www.citizensvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AL1.jpg?w=132 "Be outraged. Be concerned. Be saddened, for what was lost. But don’t dare be surprised. The familiar refrain of this nation’s saddest, most embarrassing song is being sung again this week, as authorities in Wisconsin try to make sense of what happened Monday at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison. Six injured. Three dead, including 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow, the troubled student who opened fire on a study hall with a 9 mm pistol. Police are still investigating how Rupnow obtained the weapon used in the shooting. Not that it matters much in Wisconsin, even though it is one of […]")
Our Opinion: Safe storage laws for PA gun owners a must to prevent deaths
Be outraged. Be concerned. Be saddened, for what was lost. But don’t dare be surprised....
![A masked killer walked behind a man walking on 54th Street in Manhattan a little before 7 a.m. on Dec. 4, pulled out a homemade gun, fired three shots and sent him collapsing dead to the cold pavement in front of the entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown amidst passersby and nearby traffic. We all saw it happen. The grisly murder occurred on one of the busiest streets in the busiest city in the country. It happened in front of a surveillance camera the perpetrator didn’t attempt to avoid. Police said the suspect made his escape calmly enough into […]](https://www.citizensvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/MANGIONE-2.jpg?w=132 "A masked killer walked behind a man walking on 54th Street in Manhattan a little before 7 a.m. on Dec. 4, pulled out a homemade gun, fired three shots and sent him collapsing dead to the cold pavement in front of the entrance to the New York Hilton Midtown amidst passersby and nearby traffic. We all saw it happen. The grisly murder occurred on one of the busiest streets in the busiest city in the country. It happened in front of a surveillance camera the perpetrator didn’t attempt to avoid. Police said the suspect made his escape calmly enough into […]")
Our Opinion: Thompson’s murderer not a hero, and shouldn’t be impetus for change
A masked killer walked behind a man walking on 54th Street in Manhattan a little...