It’s hard to imagine that our opinion of Pennsylvania’s General Assembly could dip any lower. But here we are, with less than two weeks until the new year kicks off, spi...
“The intellectual cannot operate
at room temperature.”
— Eric Hoffer “First Things, Last Things” (1971)
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) meant that intellectuals in his day ...
There’s battle lines being drawn
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
It’s time we stop, hey,...
In the days since the Merriam-Webster dictionary named “feminism” the word of the year, I haven’t been sure whether to celebrate, or scream.
It’s great to see that the w...
Dear aliens,
You may have been amused by a recent news story (you do read The Tribune and its competitors, right?) about the latest chapter in America’s long, futile, se...
Republicans have tried, on and off, to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling since the 1980s. The effort has always engendered intense opposition and...
For years, Iran has been accurately labeled as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. Now, quietly with little notice beyond the region, the militant regime in ...
There’s beauty in simplicity: a well-turned phrase or an idea that doesn’t bother with gymnastics, and just gets right to the point.
That’s what we see right now in a pr...
You’ve probably read plenty about what’s in the tax bill that House and Senate Republicans agreed to last week: A big cut in corporate taxes. Generous tax cuts for the w...
It seems elected officials in Illinois could use a recurring public service announcement. Don’t buy expensive shellfish or Coach purses or lap dances with a taxpayer-fun...
