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For former Bradford High football star Jimmy Grove, it’s a step, albeit a small one, toward his dream of playing the game professionally. Last week, G...

WASHINGTON — At first, in the summer of 2015, it seemed like a joke. Then a novelty. Then a bubble that must surely burst. Then a spectacle, overshado...

The fall of Kathleen Kane Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s abrupt announcement that she would not seek a second term almost certainly writes finis — b...

WASHINGTON — As Republican presidential candidates invoke Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's legacy, all insisting that his suddenly vacant seat s...

I had a twinge of nostalgia watching George W. Bush campaign for his little brother in South Carolina Monday night. He was earthy. He recalled a previ...

WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders, greedy for power to punish people he considers greedy, has occasioned 2016's best joke (reported in Bloomberg Businesswee...

WASHINGTON — In the fevered atmosphere of an election for president, attention naturally drifts away from the one who's still there. So it is with Pre...

CAMDEN, S.C. — Out on the hustings, people often ask me: "Can you explain South Carolina?" I just shake my head. It's complicated, I say. The simple a...

WASHINGTON — A public official can fight to expand the power and prerogatives of his office with skill and cunning. Defending the prerogatives of othe...

WASHINGTON — Antonin Scalia, who combined a zest for intellectual combat with a vast talent for friendship, was a Roman candle of sparkling jurisprude...

WASHINGTON — In a devastating outcome for Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, this was the most unkindest cut of all: Women flocked to Bernie Sanders. N...

I was wrong. Fonzie never admitted he was wrong, but the Carolina over Denver by a 45-17 score was a tad off and also my prediction of total Armageddo...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Donald Trump's GOP opponents descend on South Carolina, they are running smack into a phenomenon. In this state, Trump is riding a...

Polls reveal it, politicians exploit it, and voters confirm it. Americans are angry — very angry. Indeed, voter anger may be the driving force in the ...

Northwestern Pennsylvania is being ignored by Harrisburg ––again. This time, Gov. Tom Wolf is off on a “Schools that Teach” tour across the state. Wel...

I happen to glance out the front door and notice the hanging light cord suddenly assume a near horizontal position when a 25-or-so-mile-per-hour gust ...

WASHINGTON — It is frequently said that, unfortunately, Americans disdain government. It is more usefully said that, unfortunately, they have abundant...

WASHINGTON — Two recent comments by famous feminists have underscored the inevitable and predicted the foregone: The feminist era of Hillary Clinton, ...

Some final thoughts and observations from Super Bowl 50: The day my Monday column appeared on how I spent Sunday, starting with the St. Bonaventure-St...

The Millard Public Schools in Omaha, Neb., will not allow its students to substitute marching band for its requirement that students take three semest...