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’ ...
For Americans worrying about the negative implications of Congress failing to reach agreement on raising the nation’s debt ceiling, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s comments at th...
Many Americans probably wonder why President Obama didn’t call Wednesday for a bigger troop pullout from Afghanistan.
Having recently returned from Afghanistan and Pakis...
Weiner was a big disappointment. He was so inspirational in fighting for the 911 responders bill. He was a moderate, one of the rare few who wasn't a wing nut. He had ...
The $5 million tax-anticipation note that the Seneca Valley School Board approved on June 20 by a split vote might be looked upon by some taxpayers as a harbinger of ter...
WASHINGTON — Is the Libya war legal? Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, it is not. President Obama has exceeded the 90-day period to receive retroactive authorization...
A plan rolled out in the Republican-controlled House to offer Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor to private operators in the hope that Wall Street investors will speed the arri...
A New York Times expose published last week details the improper ties between Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and influential rightwing funder and activist Harlan ...
A number of businesses on Main Street in downtown Butler have been getting a face-lift in recent weeks, and hopefully people who visit them will compliment the merchants...
In 1966, as President Lyndon B. Johnson was becoming ever more enmeshed in the war in Vietnam, a Republican senator from Vermont named George D. Aiken proposed an audaci...
