It’s hard to identify a villain or a victim in the announcement this week that Verizon will move 1,000 jobs out of the area. As with most business transactions, there wi...
NEW YORK — I have sometimes been described as a centrist. And I freely admit to believing that neither side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on wisdom or virtue....
When Super Bowl ads featuring hybrid dogs and half-naked celebrities hype the affordability of $49 X-rays and the convenience of 24/7 angioplasty clinics, we’ll know we’...
The recent Congressional Budget Office report on health-care reform has lots of good news. Insurance premiums are lower than anticipated, the Affordable Care Act will co...
President Barack Obama says he’s giving mid-size businesses more time to comply with his health care law because the goal is not to punish anyone — unless, it seems, the...
WASHINGTON — Groundhog Day isn’t just a movie.
Here it is early 2014 — still almost three years away from a new presidency — but it’s high time to mention that Hillary C...
Butler County officials are on the right track in considering ending the longevity bonus pay program for nonunion employees and swticing to one based on performance, kno...
Butler County Human Services has a new administrative post to serve the homeless. The community housing coordinator will be the first county employee devoted to the prog...
In an effort to cut costs, many insurers in the new state health insurance exchanges are offering plans with “narrow networks” that include fewer doctors and hospitals —...
Bill Gates wants you to feel much better about the future of mankind. Things are looking up, he says, way up.
“By almost any measure, the world is better than it has eve...
