WASHINGTON — You’ve heard of the “fog of war.” Well, now we’ve got the fog of Obamacare. The controversial Affordable Care Act (ACA) has so many moving parts that it’s h...
Butler County’s elected officials will take a pay cut next year — sort of — thanks to the county commissioners’ vote Thursday to reduce annual cost of living adjustments...
As Memorial Day nears, the plight of Americans who have borne the burden of fighting our wars should be uppermost in the minds of their countrymen. The growing frustrati...
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama, vowing to elevate Washington to the level of his fastidiousness, came from Chicago, where the political machine inoculates itself from scandal...
Think back — back before we knew that the IRS was unacceptably targeting right-wing groups for scrutiny or that the Department of Justice was unbelievably searching the ...
WASHINGTON — “Horrible customer service.” That’s what the newly fired IRS commissioner averred was the agency’s only sin in singling out conservative political groups fo...
The nation’s biggest banks are waging an outrageous fight against a bipartisan Senate bill seeking to protect taxpayers from bailing them out.
Renewed interest in curtai...
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.”
— Stein’s Law, after economist Herbert Stein (1916-1999)
WASHINGTON — We all know that Stein’s Law will someday apply...
Financial pressures and the challenges of finding and keeping volunteers were among the factors that drove three Butler Township volunteer fire departments to plan a mer...
Is there any human impulse stronger than the urge to tell others what not to eat?
Fast food, red meat, white bread, trans fats, sugary cereals, processed foods, salty sn...
