On the eve of Independence Day, officials with the Wolf Administration are urging Pennsylvanians to keep fireworks safety and laws in mind. Fireworks used improperly can...
This is the summer of our discontent. As Americans celebrate July 4, they are mad at their leaders, their government and each other. A recent Pew poll finds “public trus...
Does anyone really know Ronald Reagan?
In his new book “The Working Class Republican,” Henry Olsen answers “no.” One of the most astute political analysts at work today ...
The Democratic Party has reacted to its series of recent election losses by once again concluding that it needs a better economic message. As Senate Minority Leader Chuc...
With the Republicans’ health-care bill in crisis, some have suggested they try a bipartisan approach. To understand the prospects of such a thing, recall the most import...
A CBS News poll released the other day revealed that a whopping three out of four Americans believe the current tone and lack of civility in U.S. politics and public dis...
The Senate health care bill, which was scuttled Tuesday until after July 4, was doomed by two narratives: Republicans are mean, and poor people would be dropping like fl...
This is not your father’s inflation — and that’s good news. Business cycles often end when higher inflation causes a country’s central bank to raise interest rates, slow...
The Brezhnev Doctrine said that the Soviet empire could only expand and never give back its gains. A domestic version of the doctrine has long applied to the welfare sta...
A year ago this week, Lou Mavrakis beamed as Donald Trump campaigned in economically ravaged Monessen, promising to bring back steel jobs and punish China for unfair tra...