MIDSTATE OPINIONS

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If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? Ask members of a group poised to keep development from encroaching on the Appalachian Trail through Monroe and South Middleton townships and you’d likely get a somber nod. Thudding trees lead to graters and dozers, hammers and homes. And that’s how the dominoes will clatter down if... Full story »

by Thomas Friedman More and more lately, I find people asking me: What do you think President Barack Obama really believes about this or that issue? I find that odd. How is it that a president who has taken on so many big issues, with specific policies — and has even been awarded a Nobel Prize for all the hopes... Full story »

by Robert J. Bresler In a recent episode of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry David berates his airplane seatmate for wearing shorts on the plane. He is offended only because he thinks the man’s legs are ugly. Of course, Larry David cannot complain about this casual attire because Mr. David, a major Hollywood celebrity, dresses like a semi-slob in most... Full story »

A huge thank you goes out from the family of Loudon Bricker to the hundreds of people who worked to find him on Oct. 30 in the darkness and through the early morning hours on Oct. 31. Volunteers, firefighters and state police, including people from the Harrisburg area, braved the rugged, muddy terrain of the family farm and the nearby... Full story »