An odd thing happened in this year's presidential election: Religion didn't play a major role. The diminishing of its place could set an appropriate precedent for the 20...
KABUL, Afghanistan — It appears that millions of dollars paid by international forces to rent a piece of land in Logar province for use as an airstrip went to six well-c...
Well, isn’t this another fine mess? We’ve gotten to the point that hard-liners on both sides are starting to say, “Jump!” — let the “fiscal cliff” happen. You wonder wha...
Butler County President Judge Thomas Doerr’s amended order on county government security is better than his initial order issued on Nov. 19. Instead of a sheriff’s deput...
The partisan debate over how to reform the nation’s immigration system has been stalled in Congress for the better part of a dec-ade. Republicans shoulder much of the bl...
It might be smart public relations — or a small symbol of hope for domestic high-tech manufacturing — but Apple computer CEO Tim Cook made news last week when he said th...
In 10 years of U.S. contracting boondoggles in Iraq and Afghanistan, perhaps the most notorious is the Jadriyah Lake Water Park on the Tigris River in Baghdad.
Like most...
The bad news about the good news involving Route 228 is that completion of the project won’t be soon enough for motorists who regularly deal with the traffic congestion ...
WASHINGTON — The story behind the story is that “tax reform,” as we know it, is dying. During the 1980s, no major piece of legislation better symbolized bipartisan conse...
WASHINGTON — Let’s understand President Obama’s strategy in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. It has nothing to do with economics or real fiscal reform. This is entirely ...
