Opinion

Fettermania runs wild in Pa.
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By OLIVER BATEMAN RealClearPennsylvania 
Jun 11, 2025
Last week, Sen. John Fetterman’s chief of staff Krysta Sinclair Juris walked out the door, becoming the latest in a string of staff departures that wo...
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Trump-Musk breakup: Unserious governance isn’t funny
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By BRANDON McGINLEY Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
Jun 11, 2025
PITTSBURGH (TNS) — In one of the most perceptive gags in one of the best television comedies of all time, "Arrested Development," the effete therapist...
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Improper payments waste billions
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jun 10, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Defense and Office of Personnel Management violated the Payment Integrity Information Act by publis...
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James Madison’s appeal to reasonable discourse
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SUSAN BRYNNE LONG RealClearPolitics 
Jun 10, 2025
On June 8, 1789, James Madison rose before Congress and performed an about-face. The founder who had opposed the addition of a bill of rights to the C...
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New era of safer Pa. roads
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By SEN. ROSEMARY BROWN The Center Square 
Jun 10, 2025
Last week, a new era of safety began on Pennsylvania roads when Paul Miller’s Law officially took effect. Named in memory of Paul Miller Jr. — a young...
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A town like Corry illustrates Pa.’s urban-rural divide
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JEFFREY H. BLOODWORTH RealClearPennsylvania 
Jun 09, 2025
“The Democrats quit being the party of normal. They are the party of ‘we are smarter than you. We are better than you.’ What kind of party runs on a ‘...
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The GOP’s fiscal hawk era is officially over
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DAVID DRUCKER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jun 06, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — There is no constituency for debt reduction, which is a fancy way of saying voters don’t care that the federal balance sheet is rough...
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Trump v. Musk was bound to happen
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jun 06, 2025
It seems it was bound to happen. The White House is nowhere big enough to accommodate the egos of President Trump and Elon Musk. Their fallout happene...
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Push Putin to the peace table
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jun 05, 2025
President Donald Trump spoke to Russia’s Vladimir Putin for more than an hour on Wednesday about Ukraine. But results remain elusive. “It was a good c...
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Hamas again holds up peace talks
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jun 04, 2025
The latest cease-fire proposal that seeks to stop the fighting between Israel and Hamas is in jeopardy. The reason shouldn’t be a surprise: The terror...
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More questions than answers in recent Pa. primary
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jun 04, 2025
Even in an off-year primary, Pennsylvania continues to garner the attention of politicians and analysts hoping to understand the state’s political puz...
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Another antisemitic terror attack
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jun 03, 2025
Once again, this time in Boulder, Colorado, a terrorist self-draped in the Palestinian cause has taken to violence. Whatever one believes, violence fo...
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