WASHINGTON — Many parents and the children they send to college are paying rapidly rising prices for something of declining quality. This is because “quality” is not syn...
The expansion of U.S. territory by international treaty dates back to the earliest years of our republic. In 1783, the Treaty of Paris marked the end of the American Rev...
We have problems with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to ban large-size sugary sodas. But like our beef with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s attempt to t...
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress . . .
The Constitution
Article I, Section 1
WASHINGTON — Having cleared its throat with the Pream...
The federal court ruling last week regarding the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository is a signpost on a road to nowhere. In effect, it says, “Stop. Decide where you are go...
WASHINGTON — Europe is at the abyss — again. Its turmoil is rattling global stock markets and stoking fear and bewilderment. The obvious question is, what’s the solution...
The latest mission of an American spacecraft to the International Space Station was one of those marvels of balletic NASA precision. Except it wasn’t a NASA spacecraft t...
Choosing a worthy president and commander in chief is not a casual task for voters.
Those laboring to compare and contrast President Obama and Mitt Romney on war and for...
It’s hard to dispute the Congressional Budget Office warning that eliminating the Bush tax cuts at year’s end and making the spending cuts in last year’s deficit package...
There’s little argument that the $800 billion-plus stimulus bill that was President Barack Obama’s first “accomplishment” soon became one of his biggest political liabil...
