The story of Afghanistan known by most Americans is of horrific war scenes, lost lives and injuries to troops and civilians. Last weekend, another roadside bomb killed f...
Terrorism, whether practiced in the U.S. or overseas, can be defined as a deliberate act of violence to instill fear in a target audience. We fight terrorism when we sta...
WASHINGTON — Thirty-one months ago Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell affronted the media and other custodians of propriety by saying something common-sensical. On O...
Officials have yet to answer a lot of questions about the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, but one answer - “It wasn’t my job” - consistently emerges when loca...
The Obama administration overstepped its legal authority — and injected politics into what should have been a scientific decision — when it ordered the FDA to limit the ...
Mention the word “Benghazi” to Republicans, and chances are, they’ll become eager, animated, even predatory, seeking weakness in President Barack Obama.
But say “Benghaz...
Anyone who ever has managed the finances for a business or a household must look at Washington’s fiscal dysfunction and stare forlornly into the abyss.
Taking on debt ca...
In the aftermath of the April 26 train-bus accident in Evans City that claimed the life of a 91-year-old Callery woman, it’s understandable that there would be discussio...
We keep waiting for our National Voices of Reason — a/k/a comedian Andy Borowitz and/or the satirical newspaper, The Onion — to weigh in on the sequester waiver that Con...
WASHINGTON — Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed...
