Yes, Virginia: Convenience matters.
In case anyone seriously doubted that revisions to Pennsylvania’s antiquated system of alcohol sales would result in positive results...
It’s no secret that Pennsylvania’s pension system is in dire need of reform. But those calls for change usually revolve around the system’s burgeoning, unfunded liabilit...
By Beth Painter
I walked through the mall today. The twinkling lights and familiar music were a welcome relief from the vitriol permeating my television and social media...
Of all the powerful men to have been hit with sexual-assault allegations recently, the Matt Lauer case grabbed me the hardest.
For more than 30 years, the “Today” show h...
President Donald Trump’s reaction to former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s plea bargain has focused public attention once more on the issue at the heart of sp...
Congress is now in the final wrestling match stage of creating a $1.5 trillion tax reform package. You know Republicans want to get the deal done, and you know Trump wil...
Dilemma? Catch-22? Hobson’s choice? They’re all good ways to say why Republicans are so anguished over next week’s special Senate election in Alabama.
Is it better for t...
As the Senate’s tax cut bill careened toward passage last week, it should have reminded its Republican authors of all the malpractice they complained about when Democrat...
Our political universe presents us with the same problem that physicists face when they contemplate the material cosmos: Should we pay more attention to the things that ...
We don’t need an economic boom, but that’s what we may be getting. Since the 2016 election, the stock market is up roughly 24 percent, reports Wilshire Associates. The p...