I used to be afraid of the Common Core, a national effort to align public school curriculum goals across state lines and provide better tools for measuring what students...
In releasing an opinion by a secret court approving the bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records, the director of national intelligence may have thought he would ...
WASHINGTON — In the liberal remake of “Casablanca,” the police captain comes upon the scene of the shooting and orders his men to “round up the usual weapons.”
It’s alwa...
Unable to push a $20-billion cut in food stamps through the House in June, Republicans are now seeking to cut $40 billion over 10 years by tightening eligibility and cut...
This year, 36.6 million people will be admitted to U.S. hospitals. Each patient will stay an average of 4.8 days, and the cost for all those hospitalizations will reach ...
Gov. Tom Corbett on Monday offered Pennsylvanians a Medicaid expansion plan that, at its heart, has the laudable goal of extending health coverage to hundreds of thousan...
Again? Again. And again and again. Gunfire? Who’s shooting? Innocents dive for cover, the clock ticks, loved ones wait in horror, cops and ambulances roll, officials try...
WASHINGTON — Almost everyone agrees that too much borrowing (aka “leverage”) was at the core of the financial crisis and Great Recession. Too many risky loans were made....
Another day in America and another mass shooting. This time, at least one gunman armed with three firearms killed 12 people and wounded others at the Washington Navy Yar...
One of the biggest pieces of business Congress has yet to resolve is the farm bill, legislation that has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades. Unfortunately, the proce...
