Anti-climate-change marchers took to the streets of Manhattan, N.Y., in the hundreds of thousands over the weekend to demand international action to fight global warming...
The White House’s latest target for “executive authority” is the scheme that allows American companies to establish a corporate headquarters in another country to reduce...
Ever the chatty politician, former Gov. Ed Rendell usually has plenty to say on topics of public interest, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell’s handling of the Ray Rice ...
A recent projection of the West Africa Ebola outbreak is that it now may take 12 to 18 months to control and will infect 100,000 people. President Obama announced the de...
It’s a basic human desire to fit in, and for many people that means having a satisfying career that enables them to earn their own way in life. It also means a home they...
America’s manned space program, in suspended animation for three years, was stirring last week. That’s promising for the program and the nation.
But Congress must make s...
Americans tend to choose presidents who differ from their predecessors, regardless of whether they come from different parties or from the same party.
That’s readily evi...
Apart from outright denial, our options for thinking about climate change are limited, ranging from resignation and complacency at one end to the robustly apocalyptic at...
During the past few weeks, two sets of initials have dominated the news — ISIL and NFL — and the casual listener would be hard-pressed to decide which is more odious.
It...
This week’s news that the Jameson Health System in New Castle intends to merge with the Pittsburgh-based health care giant, UPMC, came on the same day as a story in the ...