Decades ago, in the scariest days of the nuclear arms race with Russia, American schoolchildren learned to “duck and cover” under their desks in case an atomic bomb was ...
The results of a poll dealing with the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare, aren’t startling.
That nearly six in 10 Americans say they still don’t know h...
WASHINGTON — The Defense of Marriage Act is an exception to the rule that a law’s title is as uninformative about the law’s purpose as the titles of Marx Brothers movies...
Some years ago, I was called by one of my patients who had just suffered severe rejection in a love relationship. She told me that she was on her way to buy a gun but th...
NEW YORK — The recent rape conviction of two teenagers, one of whom also distributed a photo and sent cruel text messages about their victim, has captured the “bystander...
The big question emanating from state House action to eliminate so-called “triple dipping” by retired state employees is why the General Assembly is just now considering...
There is no one alive more revered and beloved among Democrats than Bill Clinton, who showed at last year’s national convention what a rock star he is. One of his most h...
The review of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission professional services contracts ordered by the agency’s new chief executive officer is a good move.
Nevertheless, a legiti...
Ten years have passed since the United States invaded Iraq, a decision that almost everyone now ranks as one of the worst foreign policy blunders of our time. Why “almos...
There’s fresh air coming from the northwestern corner of Pennsylvania, but it has nothing to do with the weather.
Rather, it is refreshing to see what one school distric...