WASHINGTON — Perhaps, like mine, your inbox is being flooded with emails from Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama.
President Obama usually says “hey” or “Ann” or ...
Pennsylvania was one of eight states recently recognized for making progress in reducing the number of inmates who were back in state prisons within three years of relea...
WASHINGTON — July 4th, for me, is one of those special American holidays that are celebrations not of religion, ethnicity or sect but rather of freedom and of America’s ...
Given the multitude of problems facing the United States, it’s appalling to see prominent members of Congress focusing on the U.S. Export-Import Bank as a target of oppo...
WASHINGTON — I am reading historian Gordon Wood’s splendid “Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.” It is an ideal companion for this July 4th we...
MEMO TO: Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Robert A. McDonald
RE: The VA’s crisis is even worse than you think!
Your good news is that the White House, Congress and D...
In August, the federal Highway Trust Fund runs out of money, and Congress is in a dither. As members consider proposals ranging from gas taxes to general cuts in federal...
WASHINGTON — I was against the Export-Import Bank before I was for it, and I may someday be against it again. But right now I’m for it, because the congressional fuss ov...
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling Monday that closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees brought protests that it wi...
Take a minute and Google the term “Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS,” and you will find no shortage of famous quotes from people who are fearful of it. The federal agen...
