Torrential rains continue to torment Pakistan, flooding one-fifth of the country and affecting 15 million to 20 million people.
Yet out of this human tragedy could come ...
WASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the sensible Republican in the Democratic administration of Barack Obama, has taken the rising demand for federal spendin...
It would be tragic if the embrace of hatred, delusion and fear turn out to be the lasting American legacy of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
These destructive emotions have...
Taxpayers don't look at taxes the way the people who spend the tax money do. Take the battle over the extension of the "Bush tax cuts." Americans to Washington: They wer...
WASHINGTON — Over the years, reporters learn that there are a relative handful of the public officials with whom we deal who can be counted on to expand our understandin...
A lot of Americans think the federal government can't do anything it sets out to do. But that's erroneous. What we have learned in the last decade is that both president...
Patrick L. Duncan, 30, of East Butler has been described as a "model inmate" at the Butler County Prison since his arrest last fall tied to a Butler hit-run accident tha...
Reviewing the news from the last two weeks during which I was enjoying a vacation, I've been gripped by the story of 10 medical aid workers murdered in Afghanistan.
This...
Consumers beware: Credit card companies already are finding ways around the new law designed to crack down on their tricky fees and hidden charges.
The Credit Card Accou...
NEW YORK — Observing the Michelle Obama vacation controversy unfold, one is of multiple minds.
First thought: Give the lady a break. She deserves a vacation. Who cares t...
