HARRISBURG — The title of “Pennsylvanian” may not carry quite the cachet of declarations of fighting socialists or getting tough on China, but it’s increasingly the go-to...
Some of the most alarming government actions since the COVID-19 pandemic began have weakened state authority to safeguard public health. At least 26 states have removed t...
President Joe Biden has made a New Year’s resolution of fighting for his expansive Build Back Better agenda, which flopped late last year thanks to resistance from member...
The balance of power between human and virus is shifting. Better armed against a lesser enemy, our species no longer needs to hide in a bunker waiting for a viral wave to...
At first glance, the use of electronic monitoring to track the whereabouts of a person facing criminal charges seems like a much preferable alternative to pre-trial inca...
Eddie Fisher, a terrific singer popular back in the 1950s, came to mind the other day because he crooned, “You gotta have heart, miles and miles and miles of heart,” and...
I have been an American living in South Africa for more than eight years. Since November, the omicron variant has become a fulcrum that has linked my two countries, whic...
Decades of research tell a clear and sobering story: Poverty is harmful to the developing brain.
The research demonstrates how experiencing the adversity of poverty in c...
Patriotism and common decency demand that Americans do everything possible to prevent another attempt to overturn the results of a free and fair election. Here’s one act...
Pope Francis seems like a decent man whose humility and enlightened thinking sometimes put him at odds with more traditional segments of the Catholic Church. But good fo...