Comment & Opinion

No matter how far smartphone addiction spreads in America, it’s still impossible to keep texting from the grave. Yet state spending records say otherw...

In Pennsylvania, big electricity users are nothing new. From the steel mills that helped build America’s industrial backbone, to specialty chemical pl...

It should be obvious by now that Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing for time. His negotiators are dragging out peace talks, making enough con...

Pennsylvania’s state government has reduced its investigation of serious financial crime, leaving Keystone State residents more vulnerable to fraudste...

All too frequently government programs for sympathetic causes are plagued by high levels of fraud. Consider Minnesota. Thieves systematically ripped o...

At the Feb. 10 Bradford City Council meeting I expressed my concern about an agreement the city entered into with a home warranty service company. For...

After more than a decade dealing with the so-called Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”), Americans are still struggling with rising health care cost...

LANCESTER (TNS) — Gov. Josh Shapiro and other top government officials in Pennsylvania received a 3.3% cost-of-living increase in pay that took effect...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is...

The Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget estimates last week. The news is bleak. Of greater concern, however, is that few el...

STATE COLLEGE (TNS) — When the United States created the Space Force in 2019, it acknowledged a simple truth: new domains of warfare require new insti...

DEAR RUSTY: I have been working somewhat consistently since commencing my Social Security benefit income. I’ve been collecting since my full benefit a...

Growing up, “do the right thing” was always emphasized because little eyes were watching. Whatever happened to that concept? Our forefathers knew the ...

President Donald Trump ran on a platform that included downsizing the bloated federal administrative state. He has more than delivered. In January 202...

Wherever parents congregate, you hear the same thing. The refrain can be heard at school pickup lines, church basements, birthday parties, and at yout...

The energy statistics in the United States have not changed: Pennsylvania remains the second-largest producer of natural gas in the country. If the Ap...

Last year, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging launched a bipartisan effort to expose the public health and national security risks America’s o...

Five years after Democrats pushed to nationalize election law, they’re up in arms that Republican President Donald Trump is talking about nationalizin...

It’s already been decided that the 2026 midterm elections will be won or lost on the issue of “affordability.” Just turn on any political podcast or c...

Eleven state and local governments that received a collective $45 million from the federal government to remove lead from houses were never flagged as...