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The Republicans have decided that we can balance the proposed budget simply by borrowing more expensive money. What a novel idea! Why didn’t I think of that when trying to figure out…</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535144-fe6c6896-715e-11e7-8bfd-371320e2d9f3" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/too-many-dog-owners-are-irresponsible/article_fe6c6896-715e-11e7-8bfd-371320e2d9f3.html"> Too many dog owners are irresponsible</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>My 15-year-old golden retriever was attacked by a pit bull in April. The dog ran out the front door of the house and across the street and attacked my dog, who suffered four puncture wounds on the base of her neck and had to be seen at Pet Emergency Treatment and Specialties because it was a…</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535144-2c7421c8-7161-11e7-a579-d79d9f70b379" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/bills-give-ferc-too-much-power/article_2c7421c8-7161-11e7-a579-d79d9f70b379.html"> Bills give FERC too much power</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>The House of Representatives recently voted on H.R. 2910 to give widespread powers to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding pipeline construction. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535144-65dd776e-715e-11e7-86f4-cf34b72401ee" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/origin-of-the-phrase-pie-in-the-sky/article_65dd776e-715e-11e7-86f4-cf34b72401ee.html"> Origin of the phrase ‘pie in the sky’</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>In the July 15 letter “Natural gas a God-given resource,” the writer mentions “leftist, pie-in-the-sky supporters.” The phrase “pie in the sky” was first used in a song called “The Preacher and the Slave” by Joe Hill. This song disparages all the religious zealots out there, and I’m sure Jo…</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535144-65cc25a4-7154-11e7-b462-03230fcf88e0" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/heroin-a-seductive-life-changer/article_65cc25a4-7154-11e7-b462-03230fcf88e0.html"> Heroin: A seductive life-changer</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>The evils of heroin use are commonly described, as are treatment and rehabilitation for users. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535144-aed0a322-715b-11e7-b952-5f7f55a14765" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/animals-more-loyal-than-humans/article_aed0a322-715b-11e7-b952-5f7f55a14765.html"> Animals more loyal than humans</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>I don’t know why people always abuse animals. They are more loyal and faithful than most humans. Anyone who ever picked up a Bible knows animals were created before any human. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 last-grid-item"> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535144-d0ce657a-715d-11e7-9ecd-0f5e3edaaeae" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/bible-should-be-our-source-of-guidance/article_d0ce657a-715d-11e7-9ecd-0f5e3edaaeae.html"> Bible should be our source of guidance</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>Any valid historical investigation will reveal that the Founding Fathers used the Bible as a sound source of guidance for the laws and directives of a just governance. They believed the Bible gave us truth when it tells us that all a man’s “ways seem good in his own sight.” Our natural ways …</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> </div> </div> </section> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-custom2a" class="tncms-region "><div id="tncms-block-540871" class="tncms-block"><div class="tnt-ads-container text-center "><div style="min-height:250px; min-width:300px;" class="tnt-ads dfp-ad" data-dfp-adunit="/132916964/lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor" data-dfp-custom-pos="STC_lol_MedRec1, STF" id="ad-540871" data-dfp-size="[300,250]"></div></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-custom2a" class="tncms-region "><div id="tncms-block-540878" class="tncms-block"><div class="tnt-ads-container text-center "><div style="min-height:250px; min-width:300px;" class="tnt-ads dfp-ad" data-dfp-adunit="/132916964/lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor" data-dfp-custom-pos="STC_lol_MedRec2, BTF" id="ad-540878" data-dfp-size="[300,250]"></div></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-full-primary-custom2a-sub1" class="tncms-region "><div id="tncms-block-535145" class="tncms-block"> <style> #block-535145 .card.summary { border:0; padding:0; margin:0; } #block-535145 .card-panel { background-color: #fff; border-color: rgba(0,0,0,.08); } </style> <section id="block-535145" class="block emphasis-h4 "> <div class="card-grid card-img-md card-bg-color card-compact"> <div class=" row equal equal-wrap"> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-46ff3604-715c-11e7-a0c2-83c806974d8a" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/lnp-should-not-favor-any-party/article_46ff3604-715c-11e7-a0c2-83c806974d8a.html"> LNP should not favor any party</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>In the July 21 letter “Free speech works both ways”: The statement “Do the decades of avid support by LNP for the Republican Party not qualify as partisan?” lacked research. For decades, there were two papers a day: one with a conservative editorial section and one with a liberal editorial s…</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-fc3bf868-715c-11e7-8eb8-cb4065d6787a" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/too-many-refuse-to-face-climate-change/article_fc3bf868-715c-11e7-8eb8-cb4065d6787a.html"> Too many refuse to face climate change</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>I was disturbed to read July 17 of the toppling of a sculpture titled “Mother and Child” outside Fallingwater in western Pennsylvania (“Rain topples statue at Fallingwater,” Associated Press). Because of a flash-flooding stream after heavy rainfall — the kind of thing made more common by glo…</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-47108c70-715b-11e7-ae02-e36f833f3b5d" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/is-trump-family-coverage-fake-news/article_47108c70-715b-11e7-ae02-e36f833f3b5d.html"> Is Trump family coverage ‘fake news’?</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>I am trying to think of someone in the media covered more often than the Trump family. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-05791898-709a-11e7-87ad-ffb1810692a3" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/abuse-of-women-still-underreported/article_05791898-709a-11e7-87ad-ffb1810692a3.html"> Abuse of women still underreported</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>Women are considered a minority even though they receive more college and graduate degrees than men and they make up 51 percent of the population. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-2ea249ca-7099-11e7-b1e2-d7d743f0f2d3" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/legislators-thrive-as-americans-suffer/article_2ea249ca-7099-11e7-b1e2-d7d743f0f2d3.html"> Legislators thrive as Americans suffer</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>It is time to get down to brass tacks. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-2aa2037a-7098-11e7-a03f-1b6546d75bb3" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/keep-environmental-protections-in-place/article_2aa2037a-7098-11e7-a03f-1b6546d75bb3.html"> Keep environmental protections in place</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>I traveled to Washington, D.C., this month at the request of the Clean Air Council and the Sierra Club to give testimony as a health professional. </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-89f4c958-7097-11e7-b94a-af0436701480" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/from-russia-with-love/article_89f4c958-7097-11e7-b94a-af0436701480.html"> From Russia with love</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>How can President Donald Trump promote “Made in America” when his administration was made in Russia? </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 last-grid-item"> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-535145-ae1ab492-7096-11e7-bf3f-9f14f62b1418" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/americans-conception-of-freedom-changes/article_ae1ab492-7096-11e7-bf3f-9f14f62b1418.html"> Americans’ conception of freedom changes</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>It’s probably safe to say that philosophy is to psychology as the body of a beer is to its head. That being true, then we live in an age in which it’s fashionable to swim in the foam bubbles of psychology. And that’s true because people are fascinated with the subconscious, which has the unp…</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> <div class="clearfix hidden-xs"></div> </div> </div> </section> </div></div></div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-sub1-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-sub2-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-sub1-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-sub2-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-sub1a-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-sub2a-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-sub1a-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-3 col-sm-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-sub2a-custom2a" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-full" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-sub1" class="tncms-region "></div></div> <div class="col-sm-6"><div id="tncms-region-index-primary-sub2" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-sub1" class="tncms-region "></div></div> <div class="col-sm-6"><div id="tncms-region-index-secondary-sub2" class="tncms-region "></div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-12"><div id="tncms-region-index-full-middle" class="tncms-region "><div id="tncms-block-540485" class="tncms-block visible-lg visible-md visible-sm hidden-xs"><div class="tnt-ads-container text-center "><div style="min-height:90px; 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The GOP apparently finds two major flaws in the ACA: </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" col-sm-3 "> <div class="card-panel panel"> <div class="panel-body"> <article id="card-summary-537167-0144eb4a-6e28-11e7-8012-cfa1f9bfbfe0" class="clearfix card summary"> <div class="card-container"> <div class="card-body"> <div class="card-headline"> <h4 class=""> <a href="/web/20170728035200/http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/us-has-long-way-to-go-on-health-care/article_0144eb4a-6e28-11e7-8012-cfa1f9bfbfe0.html"> US has long way to go on health care</a></h4> </div> <div class="card-lead"> <p>In the midst of the current health care debate, the U.S.-based Commonwealth Fund has released its 2017 scorecard of 11 national health systems. As in several previous iterations of this report, the U.S. has finished first in cost and last in performance overall. 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