Six years after Obamacare became law, some 30 million Americans still lack health insurance. Louisiana has found a trick to get a great number of them to sign up for Med...
The millennials have surpassed baby boomers to become the country’s largest living generation, according to the Pew Research Center. How does that make you feel? Respons...
WASHINGTON — With the surrender of House Speaker Paul Ryan to the Trump crusade, it is fair to wonder what the Republican Party stands for.
Ryan’s endorsement of Trump, ...
Why don’t normal people run for president? How did we get these candidates? We face, in 2016, the possibility that one of just two American families — the Clintons and t...
As the conflict in Syria has raged and spilled over its borders, I have been skeptical that there is an American military solution to the complex political and religious...
Which presidential candidate said this: “The economy is rigged in favor of those at the top.” Or this: “The banking system is rigged . and that’s why a lot of you haven’...
In a move hailed by many, including Gov. Tom Wolf, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board this past week permitted nine gas stations to sell six packs of beer.
“Freeing t...
I have followed news of Prince’s death this spring with a mix of anger and insight. While the cause is still under investigation, officials suspect prescription drugs pl...
The typical response when someone saves a small child from harm isn’t “How dare you?”
But the Cincinnati Zoo has been subjected to a torrent of abuse for making the agon...
In the early 1990s, after the collapse of the Soviet empire, most Western nations basked in the illusion that liberal democracy had triumphed. Many thought NATO had beco...