During a trip to Washington, last weekend, I was struck by a front-page Washington Post article on the dismal state of the city's public schools. Despite spending more p...
No drug review system conceived by a human mind is going to catch all unsafe drugs before they get to market. A good one, however, should be able to flag potential probl...
Hillary Clinton said a few months ago that, if elected, she would stop the war in Iraq.
Now she has softened, if not backtracked on, that position.
I'm 72 years old and ...
I had the opportunity to attend the saxonburg parade this past week, and to say the least, what a disappointment. The weather was beautiful and the crowd ready for a goo...
I just read the funniest thing ever in the news..The vatican decided to make motorists the "ten commandments" rules. For example, thou shall not drink and drive..thou sh...
Transparency is creeping into health care in Western Pennsylvania, and that's a good thing.
A report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council reveals vas...
Stop us if you've heard this one:
So, this guy goes to the dry cleaners to pick up his suit only to find they've lost his pants. They give him some other guy's pants. He...
WASHINGTON — Democracy is rule by persuasion, but the unpersuasive often try to coerce the unpersuaded. Recent days have provided two illustrations of this tendency, bot...
While the Saxonburg Firemen's Carnival serves as the kickoff of summertime activities in Butler County and presumably will continue doing so indefinitely, the Island nei...
For decades, a quiet controversy has been brewing across America. The dispute reveals a troublesome double standard concerning mothers breast-feeding in public. We're un...
