Prosecutors did the right thing Wednesday when they withdrew charges in the drug arrest of a grandmother at her Kepple Road home in Buffalo Township. The case against 64...
Congress permitted a partial shutdown of the federal government on Tuesday and Wall Street shrugged. The stock market finished the day a tad higher. The furlough of 800,...
WASHINGTON — If you scan the websites of various tea party groups and their allies, you will find plenty of references to “less government,” “lower taxes,” “fiscal respo...
Americans awoke Tuesday to the fact that nearly half the federal government has shut down, and to a certainty that one-sixth of the U.S. economy will be profoundly alter...
Disagreement over whether to raise the debt ceiling is an old story in Washington. What’s new is the inability of leaders of both parties to amicably avert such a crisis...
Some day soon — we can only hope — Congress will work seriously on the nation’s long-term budget dilemma.
At some point — you’d think — these elected leaders would tire ...
The partial government shutdown that commenced Tuesday is a showdown between conservative Republicans and Democrats over the fate of the Affordable Care Act — ObamaCare....
Experts warn people to do their homework when it comes to charitable giving. In some cases the charity is suspect, in others it’s the fundraising that raises concerns. T...
“To the victors belong the spoils.”
— Senator William L. Marcy of New York, 1786-1857, arguing why victorious political parties deserve government jobs.
WASHINGTON — We ...
Whenever a mass shooting occurs, such as the attack Sept. 16 at the Navy Yard in Washington, national attention quickly turns to issues of gun control and greater restri...
