Comment & Opinion

Each November, we “fall back” by setting our clocks one hour earlier as Daylight Saving Time ends. While gaining an extra hour of sleep may sound like...

To most of us who aren’t federal employees, the government shutdown has, so far, been a distant partisan spat with limited direct impact on real life....

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Five decades after the creation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the wake of the Arab oil embargo, the United States is facing...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — The Democratic Party's biggest problem is that too many people see its adherents as censorious, inquisitorial, joyless, gatekeeping...

Democrats have been outspoken in their concern that President Donald Trump might flout a court order. Yet they shrug when federal bureaucrats ignore S...

When you notice the veterans' flags in all the small towns, do you see terrorists? President Donald Trump would like you to believe that anyone who op...

Everyone saw this coming except the NBA. It seemed obvious to us: An industry built on winning money instead of earning it will attract those willing ...

I recently came across a writing by the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that has aligned with some things I’ve been considering lately. He wrote...

While legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro continue to haggle over the nearly four-month-late state budget, rank-and-file members of the General ...

HARRISBURG — In Pennsylvania, too many families know the devastating toll obesity and related chronic diseases can take. Access to safe, effective med...

Air traffic controllers across the country are working without pay during the government shutdown as flight delays cause huge issues for travelers. Ho...

Josh Shapiro wants to stand tall on the national stage. The Pennsylvania governor is building his presidential resume one line item at a time. His for...

Criminals go to great lengths to obtain things of value. That’s worth remembering with universal mail ballots. This month, thieves stole crown jewels ...

The country once celebrated those who scaled mountains. Now bureaucrats seek to prosecute them. Michelino Sunseri set a record for running up and down...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (TNS) — The government shutdown rests squarely on the shoulders of Democrats. After getting shellacked at the polls in 2024, they’ve ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — What is the welfare state America wants, and what is the one it can afford? This is not a question Americans are ready to discuss — s...

What were the odds when the sports industry married the gaming industry that the union would eventually produce a scandal? And now it has arrived. The...

A recent Politico article highlights a New Jersey candidate touting Pennsylvania as a better model for the Garden State. Meanwhile, a left-leaning eco...

I would prefer to ignore the No Kings movement. I wrote about it back in June and received emails from No Kings advocates oddly taking umbrage with my...

Once again, Pennsylvania Senate Republicans have walked away from funding public transit — and rural and suburban Pennsylvanians will be stranded. Cen...