WASHINGTON — Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats’ nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiorit...
After nearly two years of debate over an extraction tax or impact fee on natural gas drillers and updating drilling regulations, Republicans in the state Legislature wer...
As I grew up I became accustomed that children came from marriage. It was even considered a bad thing if a child was born outside of wedlock. Along the way I assumed t...
On January 24, 2012, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 535, a non-binding resolution declaring 2012 "The Year of the Bible." The resoluti...
Charles Dickens was born 200 years ago yesterday (Feb.7, 2012), and I wonder how he’d react if he were to see the current United States. He might be amazed to find that ...
Municipal composting facilities make sense.
People in many places, especially in more populated areas, often have trouble finding appropriate sites for disposal of their...
The conviction Monday of state Rep. Bill DeWeese on five of six corruption charges is not the end of the story for the long-serving lawmaker. Soon after hearing the guil...
Facebook’s initial public offering is just the latest in a nine-month series of blockbuster tech IPOs, rekindling memories of the go-go markets of the late 1990s. Ahh, g...
You are entitled to your opinion on why he sponsored the earmark bill, however, you have zero proof to back up your claim.
As a matter of accuracy, the proposed earmark...
”The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.”
— L.P. Hartley, English novelist
WASHINGTON — It must now be obvious that, economically speaking, we’r...
