“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”
— Emerson
WASHINGTON — The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they mad...
As negotiations in Washington to raise the nation’s debt ceiling head down to the wire, it’s mostly political gamesmanship that the public is seeing. The debt limit dead...
Chicora Medical Center deserves praise for its generous offer of space so library services can continue for communities in that area, now that the Butler County Federate...
WASHINGTON — In this summer of our discontent, Americans arrive at the Fourth of July full of doubt and disappointment. The sickly economy is the main cause; if unemploy...
NEW YORK — As we celebrate our independence this Fourth of July, it’s important to remember that unfair taxation was a key cause of our revolution.
When the population o...
Even Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court justice who wrote the majority opinion saying that makers of generic drugs don’t have to warn patients about newly discovered dan...
The 2011-12 Pennsylvania budget will not impose as big of a hit on public school districts as Gov. Tom Corbett requested in his budget proposal unveiled in March.
Still,...
For most communities, eliminating or scaling back July 4 celebrations would be among the farthest things from their mind. After all, for this country, July 4 isn’t just ...
There were times during the past 30 months when it seemed like the Rod Blagojevich case had slipped down the rabbit hole, falling from the level of deadly serious politi...
SAN ANTONIO — In the 1850s, on the steps of the Waco courthouse, Wallace Jefferson’s great-great-great-grandfather was sold. Today, Jefferson is chief justice of Texas’ ...
