WASHINGTON — Not since the multiplication of the loaves and fishes near the Sea of Galilee has there been creativity as miraculous as that of the Keystone XL pipeline. I...
When last we suggested back in summer that raising the fuel tax was a good idea, the average national price of regular gasoline stood near $3.60 a gallon. On Tuesday, th...
First impressions suggest the Republicans in control of Congress aren’t ready to put aside partisanship and govern if it means making peace with President Obama, who is ...
When it comes to health care policy, Republicans are known more by what they oppose than by what they support. Americans are familiar with their fierce resistance to pol...
Overshadowed by events in Paris last week, President Barack Obama’s proposal to make community college free to students who maintain good grades deserves a national disc...
WASHINGTON — The dustup over “dynamic scoring” is a small indicator of the routine irrelevancy of Washington’s budget debate. Instead of facing the real issues — how muc...
It may be years, even decades more in the making, but it’s coming.
PennDOT has announced plans to widen and straighten state Route 228 eastward from the Adams Township l...
The earthquake that rocked Haiti five years ago brought unimaginable death and destruction. It’s aftermath generated unforeseen compassion and largesse.
Billions in fore...
The triumphant Republican class of 2014 formally took control of both halves of Congress last week, and here’s what it has changed so far: not much.
The new GOP majority...
It’s hard not to compare Monday night’s Butler schools consolidation vote to an amputation.
It’s difficult, even agonizing to conclude that the school board voted 6-3 to...
