For anyone who favors marriage equality, Wednesday was a good day, and a historic one. The Supreme Court struck down a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act b...
WASHINGTON — Under the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages even in states that have legalized it. Last week, the Suprem...
Not surprisingly, Congress failed to take action by today’s deadline to prevent the scheduled doubling of interest rates on certain types of student loans.
Most observer...
President Obama’s omnibus proposal to combat global warming addresses the issue in all its many facets — truck emissions, high-level diplomacy, more federal land for sol...
A heartfelt cheer goes to 15-year-old Stella Rotundo for a very courageous stand she took this week in the name of justice.
Stella, who just completed her freshman year ...
State lawmakers and Gov. Tom Corbett have shaken the tree of the natural gas industry for several million dollars worth of campaign contributions (and in a few cases, Su...
WASHINGTON — If I could, I would repeal the Internet. It is the technological marvel of the age, but it is not — as most people imagine — a symbol of progress. Just the ...
As we get ready to celebrate America’s 237th Independence Day, we watch with interest as Egypt, the world’s oldest continuously existing nation, struggles to sustain its...
The rollout of Obamacare later this year is likely to bring a rate shock for many Americans who will buy health insurance from state marketplaces known as exchanges.
How...
For a moment there, immigration reform almost looked easy.
Republicans, reeling from the defeat of Mitt Romney, realized that they needed to convince Latino voters that ...
