Let’s play a game. It’s called You Be the Judge. It starts with a scenario:
A man who is wanted on a mental health warrant is confronted by police. He panics and takes ...
We all realize these days how foolhardy it is to try changing anyone’s political opinion. The two-thirds of Butler County’s voters who helped turned Pennsylvania red for...
Monday’s embarrassment in Tijuana brings to our mind a stray question as to what local statesman the late Abie Abraham would have thought or said about the migration sta...
There is a fine line — a subtle distinction — between unjust attacks against an institution and legitimate questions about the integrity of its leadership. This is espec...
Today is a traditional holiday of sorts in rural Pennsylvania. It’s the first day of firearms deer hunting season. Today through Dec. 8, licensed hunters are allowed to ...
Butler County is blessed with a multitude and variety of individuals whose talents catapult them into national and international forums. Amesh A. Adalja, M.D., is one of...
Just three weeks ago, Butler County’s only synagogue swelled to contain what was probably its largest gathering ever.
The occasion was a memorial vigil for 11 people sho...
The Thanksgiving traditions might seem a little strained this year. That’s OK.
Some of the foods we all love and look forward to all year might be missing from the holid...
I was feeling pretty smug on Thursday night as I watched the Tampa Bay Lightning beat up on my Pittsburgh Penguins.
For once, my little house in Penn Township would have...
The scenario started innocently enough. It always does.
Last year, Kate McClure and her boyfriend Mark D’Amico praised a homeless man who spent his last $20 to get McClu...