It’s a chaotic world out there. But we’d better get used to it; this may be the new normal.
The Middle East is in flames, not only Gaza but Syria, Iraq and Libya as well...
The nation’s retreat from a maniacal and misguided mission to arrest and imprison our way out of our illegal drug problem has taken another important step.
A federal com...
In a rare display of compromise, Senate and House negotiators Tuesday agreed to a $17 billion bill to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill is expected to ...
“The Great War” and “The war to end all war” proved to be neither. The conflict that would bleed to death some of Earth’s proudest empires — while killing 16.5 million s...
Quick quiz: Which potential 2016 presidential candidate had this to say about federal anti-poverty programs last week?.
“What do we want? A healthy economy — and a big p...
On my refrigerator door I keep a photo of an exceptional Palestinian woman who ran kindergartens in Gaza in the 1990s for the Philly-based American Friends Service Commi...
When we heard that the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had created a potentially lethal safety risk by improperly sending deadly pathogens — like anth...
If police caught you carrying a marijuana cigarette in Washington, D.C., two weeks ago, chances are you would have been arrested, fingerprinted and perhaps jailed.
If yo...
When in comes to keeping track of the Marcellus gas boom in Butler County, maybe we’re simply taking the wrong direction.
Gas regulation is a state issue, but as a state...
After more than two weeks of fighting between Hamas and Israel, there is no question which side has the upper hand. Thursday’s strike on a U.N.-run school for Palestinia...
