Opinion

A chorus of voices from across the political spectrum demands that members of Congress forfeit their pay during the current government shutdown, which...

Ten months into Donald Trump’s second term in office, his approval ratings are significantly lower than when his term began. Such declines are not unc...

If Pennsylvania held a vote for our state slogan, unfortunately, I’d have to nominate: “If you have low expectations, you’ll never be disappointed.” O...

Three years ago, Josh Shapiro delivered a decisive victory in his gubernatorial race against Doug Mastriano, a state Senator with a strong base of sup...

Starting Saturday, 2 million Pennsylvanians lost $366 million in monthly SNAP benefits. The federal government shutdown that began Oct. 1 means food s...

Schools have long declared themselves to be gun-free zones. It’s time to make them cellphone-free zones as well. In October, the National Bureau of Ec...

The careening juggernaut that is this increasingly interdependent world’s economy is already subject to enough unpredictable forces as it is: wild wea...

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...

President Donald Trump has taken significant steps to secure the border and curb illegal immigration, but now he is taking a victory lap with the use ...

LANCASTER — Some GOP lawmakers have claimed they don’t know much about the impact of the federal shutdown on Pennsylvania or about how the changes to ...

In 2015, Democratic judges toppled the conservative dominance of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Before this, Republicans controlled Pennsylvania’s to...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Some college students have learned they won’t have to repay their student loans. Is President Donald Trump’s administration trying ...

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...