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Opinion

Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 21
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Editorials

Learn from the 1st covid relief package

The hopeful light of Scarlett’s Sunshine
Bishop-elect Larry Kulick, a shepherd who knows his flock
North Huntingdon hurts its residents by defying state covid mandates
Laurels & lances: Shots, lockdown and cops
Highlands has no right to hide public info
When prisons are covid hotspots, the community suffers, too
Do what’s best and take the covid-19 vaccine
Don’t let the Brewster-Ziccarelli voting mess happen again
Transit workers are front-line soldiers in covid war
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Letters to the Editor

North Huntingdon commissioners’ callousness

UPMC staffers overwhelmed
Lies will lead to disaster
Reschenthaler should resign or apologize
Proving election fraud difficult
‘Locking Down’ — a covid carol
What now for America?
Where is the outrage over abortion?
Provisional vote not counted
UPMC nurses overwhelmed
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Featured Commentary

Michael Carnahan: Mill 19 solar project step toward clean air — if expiring tax credit is renewed

Glenn Marsch: Triumph of the vaccine — the swift rescue
Cole Schenley: Local government should decide minimum wage
Nathan Lents and Dr. S. Joshua Swamidass: Science bridges divides for a better world
Steven Chanenson and Jordan Hyatt: Vaccine decisions for the incarcerated
Robert Smith: The nature of environmental quality
Peter Morici: Once vaccines roll out, Biden must get millions back to work
Sean Kertes and Doug Chew: Why Excela received $5 million grant
Cindy Adams Dunn and Stephanie Wein: Celebrating conservation win in year of loss
Peter Smith: Community capitalism would strengthen markets and people
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Editor's Picks

Jewish Federation says if you can’t go out for Chinese on Christmas, donate the cash

Point State Park gets to keep its Christmas tree
Westmoreland food bank benefits from annual United Way fundraiser 
Trib Total Media announces $1 million Shop Local Marketing Grant program
Christmas in the ICU: Decorations, lights and many tears
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Lori Falce Columns

Government by procrastination is no way to run a nation

The point of giving is handing over your best
Monolith is 2020 puzzle we needed
The year of the leftovers
Teachers need sick days, too
Christmas movies and the end of 2020
The virtual voodoo of political polls
Translating the political language barrier
Polls, elections and fantasy football
Supreme Court hearing needs more listening
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Tom Purcell Columns

A white Christmas would do us good this year

Viruses and responses differ; human nature doesn’t
Covid Grinch can’t steal our Christmas
Finding the good in our grief with Charlie Brown
Thankful despite cancellation of family feast
Covid-19 obscures so many ways 2020 is best year ever
America 2020 — good time for a nice long sleep
However this election turns out, you’ll still have your vote and voice
Traditional Halloween fun pales in face of 2020 reality
You know politics stinks when stink bugs are an escape
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Joseph Sabino Mistick Columns

Follow the star — we need light now more than ever

Public ‘referees’ there to protect us
A lesson on patience from Henry Gunther
Thankful for the heroes in 2020
Time for Trump to accept his loss
Now it’s time to come back together
Pennsylvania perfect site for election battle
Defending our right to vote
Life will go on after election
Coronavirus is the one big issue
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Paul Kengor Columns

Remembering Christmas 1945

Truth and the 2020 presidential vote
Is Western Pa. home to a new Republican coalition?
Why Pennsylvania isn’t over
Why Trump will (likely) win Pa.
Why did steelworkers union ditch Donald Trump?
Steelworkers union aglow for Biden-Harris
The new activists — no criticism, no dissent
Covid-19’s devastation of small-town theaters
How Biden’s pick of Kamala Harris hurts him in Pa.
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