Pennsylvania was one of eight states recently recognized for making progress in reducing the number of inmates who were back in state prisons within three years of relea...
WASHINGTON — July 4th, for me, is one of those special American holidays that are celebrations not of religion, ethnicity or sect but rather of freedom and of America’s ...
A crisis is escalating on America’s southern border. Illegal immigrants, many of them unaccompanied children, are streaming into the country and being channeled to deten...
Given the multitude of problems facing the United States, it’s appalling to see prominent members of Congress focusing on the U.S. Export-Import Bank as a target of oppo...
To the two women attending a concert last week at the New Castle Plaza in downtown, for having the presence of mind — and courage — to report a brazen incident of drunke...
WASHINGTON — I am reading historian Gordon Wood’s splendid “Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.” It is an ideal companion for this July 4th we...
MEMO TO: Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Robert A. McDonald
RE: The VA’s crisis is even worse than you think!
Your good news is that the White House, Congress and D...
Former Gov. Ed Rendell’s failure to have a state budget in place by the June 30 deadline was one way Gov. Tom Corbett differentiated himself from the prior administratio...
In August, the federal Highway Trust Fund runs out of money, and Congress is in a dither. As members consider proposals ranging from gas taxes to general cuts in federal...
WASHINGTON — I was against the Export-Import Bank before I was for it, and I may someday be against it again. But right now I’m for it, because the congressional fuss ov...
