Attending two political conventions back to back is like visiting two parallel universes: one conservative, one liberal; one overwhelmingly white, the other emphatically...
They lied. They fibbed. They cast aspersions. They distorted records. They told tall tales ranging from itsy bitsy white lies to great big ol’ whoppers.
Ain’t politics g...
President Barack Obama had a tough act to follow on Thursday night in accepting the Democratic presidential nomination — himself, four years ago. At that point, he and t...
Stephanie Cicero of Butler graduated from Slippery Rock University with a bachelor’s degree in music education with a focus in percussion.
She was on the dean’s list, a ...
In an attempt to rewrite history that should have George Orwell spinning in his grave, Republicans have been heaping praise on the presidential tenure of Bill Clinton.
T...
The sheen of “hope and change” has worn off the Democratic Party’s brand. Few can argue persuasively that the lofty promise offered in 2008 by candidate Barack Obama has...
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s economic report card is at best mediocre. I’d give him a C+, while acknowledging that presidents usually don’t much influence the economy....
A question about the state of the U.S. economy posed to President Barack Obama by a Colorado local television reporter on Monday drew national attention across the Inter...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There’s no point trying to find something wrong with Michelle Obama’s speech to the Democratic National Convention. It was perfection.
From her stage p...
Last week, just in time for the conventions of the nation’s two major political parties, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office sent a message that significantly ra...
