The Bradford Era

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In 1982, C. Everett Koop became surgeon general of the United States. His unusual appearance — bright bowties and a mustache-less f...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — “I’m sick and tired of losing to friggin’ Ohio!” Thus exclaimed Gov. Josh Shapiro during his 2024 budget address, repeating a refra...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The only two times I’ve seen Gov. Josh Shapiro in the flesh, he was extolling AI and data centers as critical to Pennsylvania’s eco...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman has a higher net approval rating among Republicans — and a much worse net approval rating among...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In an obituary in The Atlantic for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, Robert Fontaine relates the following quotation from the late Republic...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania have been known as a cradle of industrialists, of quarterbacks and of robots. But for a period ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — When then-U.S. Sen. JD Vance accepted the vice-presidential nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention, he said all the ...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — It’s a wonderful thing to find Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration projects in the wild. Several years ag...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Over Memorial Day weekend, a few of my friends’ sons, 14 and 15 years old, set off for a day of fun carrying some cash, a PRT Conne...