Maybe it’s a rule of thumb with federal spending: The bigger the project, the more arrogantly our tax dollars are spent.
It sure seems that way with the Department of Ve...
WASHINGTON — It’s time for a new strategy in Iraq and Syria. It begins by admitting that the old borders are gone, that a unified Syria or Iraq will never be reconstitut...
President Barack Obama is rarely at a loss for words. But language seemed to fail him Thursday when he spoke about gun violence and the mass shooting that killed nine pe...
We’re becoming a junkie state — or, at least, a dangerously injury-prone state.
Drug overdose has become the leading cause of injury-related deaths in Pennsylvania, acco...
Cheer
Cheers and continued best wishes for the Glade Run Lake Conservancy.
A construction bid to rebuild the lake’s earth dam was slightly more than $2.8 million — ...
By Leonard Pitts
The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary.
It is where you go to worship, to seek fellowship and solace, and commune with your maker. The dictiona...
WASHINGTON — I am an optimist, both by temperament and observation. But I maintain my hopeful outlook partly because I know that less optimistic people will regularly se...
WASHINGTON — Isn’t America wonderful? Anyone can run for president. ANYONE.
Once again, Donald Trump has wormed his way into the national conversation even though three-...
So now we mourn.
We mourn for nine men and women killed Wednesday during a prayer meeting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
We mourn for ...
Remember the national debt? It’s been a while since members of Congress have warned us about it and talk of government shutdowns dominated the headlines. So, problem sol...
