Comment & Opinion

SMETHPORT — Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 26-May 2nd, 2026 is Conservation District Week. We all know the importan...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Assisted suicide. Or, if you like, you can use the more genteel term adopted by New York state: Medical aid in dying. Take your pick....

An April 20 PennLive/Bravo Group Morning Scrapple poll contained several headline-worthy numbers. President Trump’s Pennsylvania approval slipped to 3...

The Spirit Airlines saga highlights the folly of government industrial policy — whether promoted by Democrats or the current president. Last week, Pre...

While a spate of school shooting threats at a South Texas middle school last week were not credible, they were disturbing and serious, putting childre...

An ounce of prevention, it has been said, is worth a pound of cure. That proverb is attributed to Benjamin Franklin, who purportedly coined it in a 17...

TSA officers screened three million passengers a day this spring. They did it without paychecks. Some sold plasma to pay their bills. Others slept in ...

LOS ANGELES (TNS) — Tucker Carlson has apologized for unintentionally "misleading" voters into supporting President Donald Trump's return to the White...

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was not kidding when he complained that there are too many “fat troops” in the military. The military has spent nearly $...

A somewhat under-the-radar decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this month is, on its surface, focused on the issue of ...

They are becoming depressingly common, these attacks on President Donald Trump’s life. This nation was born of bloodshed and has been deeply divided a...

HARRISBURG — When redistricting time arrives, the parties flip a coin and the winner picks one district and redraws it - then the other party picks a ...

The firing of then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem came after she funded a $220 million ad campaign without a competitive bidding process, but...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Elon Musk recently posted a pronouncement on X: "Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way ...

This week, all eyes are on Pittsburgh. The 2026 NFL Draft is here, running through Saturday, with the city serving as the center of the football world...

If prediction markets are any indication, Democrats are heavy favorites to take the House in November, with a likelihood approaching 85%. That’s no su...

Texas taxpayers spent an estimated $42.3 million to $111.5 million to help local governments lobby the state legislature in 2025, even though 83% of v...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s dramatic defeat has sparked substantial speculation over its potential fallout, both in Eur...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Until recently, President Donald Trump always found a way to fail forward, through a combination of spin, threats, payoffs and blus...

Renewable energy sources are the most cost-effective form of electricity generation. Solar power does not pollute air and water like fossil fuel-based...