Through the widest lens of history, America since the 1980s looks like the most golden of golden ages. The peace and prosperity of this era is unparalleled compared to t...
By the time his death at 90 was announced late Friday, Fidel Castro had become what he most feared during a prolonged and dramatic life - an irrelevancy, a living museum...
Some people are off the charts when it comes to their community spirit and utter lack of self-aggrandizement. Other people are off the charts when it comes to the range ...
Previous presidents have been wealthy or had business experience — Harry Truman ran a men’s clothing store — but it’s safe to say Donald Trump’s shift directly from corn...
In 2009, when he was the No. 3 Republican in the U.S. House, Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana called for the resignation of President Barack Obama appointee Van Jones. The rea...
One of the more salutary outcomes of the recent election is that Democrats are finally beginning to question the wisdom of basing their fortunes on identity politics. Ha...
So Donald Trump now says, in an interview with The New York Times, that he believes there is some connection between human activity and climate change, that Hillary Clin...
Two things happened at my house not long ago: My wife turned 65, and one of our credit cards expired. Not very interesting in themselves, perhaps, but the two events occ...
Recent events at our agency, coupled with correspondence from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) in response to them, compels us to respond on behalf of...
Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 with these words:
“It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our national life another year . . . to fa...
