There’s little argument that the $800 billion-plus stimulus bill that was President Barack Obama’s first “accomplishment” soon became one of his biggest political liabil...
Just a few weeks before the U.S. Supreme Court’s hearings in March on the constitutionality of several parts of the Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. Obamacare — an overwhelm...
Butler County’s hotel/motel room tax generates $1 million annually for the county’s tourism promotion efforts. That total will increase with new facilities currently und...
A tariff is always a double-edged weapon in international trade. Countries apply them to protect domestic producers but risk retaliation and penalize their own consumers...
There was grim news last week from the eminent diagnosticians at the Congressional Budget Office. Basically, we’re about to undergo the fiscal equivalent of a quadruple ...
In campaign advertisements and in speeches recently, President Barack Obama has criticized Republican Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital, the private equity firm h...
The Institute of Medicine, the Centers for Disease Control and HBO just released a film, “Weight of the Nation,” warning us of the latest epidemic to sweep the country: ...
There’s been a sighting this spring of that rarest of birds in Washington: a national energy bill. The bill by Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., has fluttered around a bit, wi...
The city of Butler could make great strides in many ways if the success of the police dog effort could be realized in other endeavors.
Many city residents never imagined...
The encouraging news about public education across the country is that an amazing amount of energy is being built up around reforms that researchers believe could improv...
