State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-12th, in taking aim at the Seneca Valley School District’s application for a waiver to allow a big 2012-13 property tax increase without vot...
It’s starting to look like Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has done enough to shield the U.S. economy from Europe’s trouble and put it on the road to recovery.
Wil...
WASHINGTON — An Illinois lawyer who had a way with words once characterized a particular argument as weaker than soup made from the shadow of a pigeon that died of starv...
January 24, 2012 Other Voices
And then there is as-of-yet unverified discussion about the the new board president using his position as a bully pulpit - trying to order staff and faculty to give his ...
Butler Eagle readers over the past few days have seen more evidence of why it’s time for the Pennsylvania General Assembly to toughen punishment for those who drive whil...
Under pressure to release his income tax returns, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney decided instead to disclose what percentage of his income he forks over to Washin...
When it comes to foreign policy, the current Republican candidates are so incoherent they make George W. Bush look like a savant.
I know that what candidates say on fore...
WASHINGTON — Passion is not enough to change the Republican Party. Despite the tea party’s massive burst of energy, it looks increasingly likely that the GOP will nomina...
If the bond underwriting company Janney Montgomery Scott wanted to meet with the Butler County commissioners to only gather information about possible construction of a ...
If handed the task of appointing someone to a Butler School Board vacancy, it would be best if county President Judge Thomas Doerr appointed an independent thinker — som...