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Opinion

Editorial cartoons for the week of Dec. 14
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Editorials

Don’t let the Brewster-Ziccarelli voting mess happen again

Transit workers are front-line soldiers in covid war
Food banks filling holiday need
Laurels & lances: Corks for a cause, bad behavior over masks
Share your light at Hanukkah
This pandemic tunnel is long, but light is flickering
The unhealthy state of the Allegheny County Jail
Americans rallied after Pearl Harbor, and can again
Pa. should take it slow on legalizing marijuana
The awful math of church abuse settlements
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Letters to the Editor

We need representatives who’ll look out for our interests

What we’ll get with four years of Biden
Pot dealers will need new line of work
Electric car owners’ fair share
Pennsylvanians need covid relief
America’s greatness lies in expertise, truth
Air regulations can’t be abandoned
Vaccine questions must be answered
Electric cars should have meters
Trump lost because of Trump
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Featured Commentary

Peter Smith: Community capitalism would strengthen markets and people

Mark Schwartz: Why no sanctions for frivolous election lawsuits?
Rep. Austin Davis: Congress must act fast on CARES Act, new plan for Pa. residents
Eugene Robinson: Trump, GOP causing crisis of faith in our democracy
Sheldon Jacobson: Effective treatments, not vaccines, are light at end of covid-19 tunnel
David Dausey: Keep holiday festivities smaller to prevent covid-19 from getting bigger
Ron Klink: When addressing drug prices, there’s a right way and a wrong way
Catherine Rampell: The best way for Biden to save money later
Caleb Fuller: ‘E’ for ‘Excellence: — remembering Walter E. Williams
Gene Barr: Gov. Wolf leaves many out in cold with covid liability veto
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Editor's Picks

Pa. corrections department tells officer with covid symptoms to return to work early

Rally set for North Allegheny over district’s extended remote learning plan
Crocs, the kicks you love to hate, are 2020’s cool shoe
Things to do in Western Pa.
Bethlehem Project sees increased need for housing support
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Lori Falce Columns

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
Veep is more than spare tire job this year
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Tom Purcell Columns

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
To gig or not to gig …
It’s healthy to laugh in covid-19’s face this Halloween
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Joseph Sabino Mistick Columns

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
Painting fences and finding respite from politics
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Paul Kengor Columns

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.
Cancel the cancel-culture bullies
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