Editorials

WASHINGTON — Does Dick Cheney matter? Are the former vice president’s comments on the torture report worth dissecting? Some friends, as I mused the ot...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After drawing opposition from both ends of the political spectrum, the $1.1 trillion spending bill cleared for President Barack Obam...

HARRISBURG (AP) — No one at the state Capitol has advocated pay raises for hundreds of Pennsylvania’s top elected and appointed officials since the 20...

Residents of the Twin Tiers have plenty of experience with rough winter weather, but even the hardiest here have to be grateful we have not been smoth...

Veterans Day gives Americans everywhere the chance to celebrate the commitment, bravery and sacrifice of generations of United States servicemen and w...

SAN DIEGO — When someone puts herself at risk to make a point, the rest of us might ask why she stuck her neck out. But she could just as well turn th...

WASHINGTON — If you are worried about contracting Ebola, I have two suggestions. First, stop. Second, get a flu shot. On the first: If you live in the...

Can you feel it? The momentum is building. Bradford and the surrounding region is coming back — one new storefront, sidewalk, home and organization at...

You’ve heard of grade inflation? Welcome to the world of degree inflation. A new report finds that employers are increasingly requiring a bachelor’s d...

He had never held an elective office; yet, he won the Democratic primary against formidable opposition, even though hewas not endorsed by his own poli...

WASHINGTON — I’ve thought for some time that the Obama administration could look better in the rearview mirror of history than it does in the bumpy ri...

WASHINGTON — Having once served a president, I don’t begrudge any president a vacation. There is, in fact, no escape from this relentless job. A chang...

WASHINGTON — This far into the human story, only the historically uninstructed are startled by what they think are new permutations of evil. So, when ...

WASHINGTON — Grade deflation is dead. Long live grade inflation! Starting around the mid-20th century, a pandemic of meaninglessly high grades swept t...

HARRISBURG (AP) — As Pennsylvania lawmakers prepare to reconvene Monday after a four-week break around the primary election, there is no shortage of i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In gridlocked Washington, what’s increasingly striking is that both parties are nearly unanimous in their positions. Each seems cert...

"Thanks, Michelle Obama." That's the sarcastic message schoolkids are sending the first lady about the new, supposedly healthier school lunches she ha...

The line "never forget" has often been used as a way to ensure that catastrophic, cataclysmic events aren't just stuffed away, out of mind, in history...

WASHINGTON — Just when you thought American higher learning couldn’t get any more ridiculous, along come demands for warning labels on provocative wor...

WASHINGTON — Big money is destined to remain part of American politics, absent a legislative revolution or constitutional amendment. But there is a cr...