So it turns out you really do deserve a break today at McDonald’s. Or at least a day two years from now. The fast-food chain with more than 14,000 restaurants in the Uni...
In his first year as a senator, he cast one of three votes against longtime Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state, then incited like-thinking conservative Republicans in...
As a 7-year-old pianist, I experienced the joy of learning Beethoven’s “Für Elise.” My eyes deciphered the notes on the page, my ears guided me to depress the right keys...
Rules were issued last week by the Interior Department to set standards for hydraulic fracturing. The new rules are aimed at strengthening protections for human health a...
Midway through the first decade of the new millennium, Butler County is experiencing an economic renaissance, punctuated across the region with large and small construct...
My birthday celebration last weekend was the most expensive of my 53 years, but not because of celebratory extravagance. My car was eaten by the Godzilla of potholes, an...
House Republicans have no qualms about leaving millions of low-income Americans without health coverage, as evidenced by their repeated votes to repeal Obamacare. But th...
I’ve been thinking about how my college classroom will look and feel next fall if some of my students are carrying handguns on their hips.
It’s a possibility. On March 1...
State lawmakers in Pennsylvania are advancing legislation that would give the General Assembly the authority to craft the definition of a charity, granting the associate...
Two years ago, President Barack Obama claimed that his was “the most transparent administration in history.”
We are reminded of that claim as the American Society of New...
