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Political observers frequently condemn the toxic partisanship that seems to have gripped our nation, but there is something potentially worse. A bipar...

A new Pope Francis documentary, “Francesco,” has certainly commanded some attention. Longtime pope followers like me know to take the hubbub with a gr...

WASHINGTON — Everyone can see President Donald Trump’s rallies. In the final days of the campaign, he is jetting from swing state to swing state, draw...

The Russians haven’t loomed so large as a sinister hand influencing the course of American society since the Red Scares of the 20th century. Then, it ...

Now dragging into its fifth month, the back-and-forth over a new pandemic relief package is enough to give anyone whiplash. It is also a slap in the f...

The state budget crunch caused by COVID-19 will force us to make hard choices. One choice that isn’t hard? The need to continue investing in our state...

Medicare Advantage, a program of competing private health plans for Medicare beneficiaries, is breaking records for enrollment, health plan choice and...

Week 3 in the Intermediate Unit 9 bubble saw some lopsided scores, but the results still carry some significance. This week in the Large School Divisi...

As this anything-but-normal NFL season reaches the quarter pole, the unbeaten Bills are facing their most interesting game to date. On Sunday afternoo...

HARRISBUR G (TNS) — In the past three months, I have spent many hours reviewing data on several State’s Department of Health websites. Principally, ho...

“Burn it down” is rarely a wise or prudent sentiment. A cadre of Republican opponents of President Donald Trump is nonetheless calling for a purifying...

Chris Wallace of Fox News got justifiably positive reviews for his persistent questioning of President Donald Trump in a long interview that aired on ...

The cost of electricity is having significant, negative effects on the working class and poor. And recent court and regulatory decisions are likely to...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano has been taking to Facebook Live to voice his displeasure with the Wolf administration’s actions t...

March Sadness. From its opening games against the likes of Georgetown or Syracuse way back in November, you could tell this season would be different ...

When 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 18...

I think we all love to hit and hate to miss. Whether it’s the solid whack of a bat on a baseball, the satisfying explosion of a perfect strike in bowl...

WASHINGTON — If Beltway insiders and other East Coast elites ever wondered why so many Americans prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, all they need...

After a very slow summer in my photography world, fall has finally arrived. With a very warm and beautiful summer now behind us, it is time to get bac...

Cleveland is the sports capital of the world. That sentence has probably never been uttered before, but it’s hard to argue, at least for tonight, with...