opinion

WASHINGTON — Several years ago, I heard Republican strategist Karl Rove give a most eloquent answer to a question about his faith, rendered here from ...

WASHINGTON — Commencement season brings a respite from the sinister childishness rampant on campuses. Attacks on freedom of speech come from the profe...

HARRISBURG (AP) — It’s the talk of the Capitol: How long will it take for Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled Legislature to settle on a budge...

A student sued Misericordia College because she failed a nursing class. Twice. She said she suffered psychological problems. Those problems included a...

WASHINGTON — For both parties, the emerging theme of economic mobility is often a reluctant, second choice. Deep down, many Democrats would prefer to ...

It was quite a run. Since 1968, the Republican presidential nominee has been an incumbent president, incumbent vice president, a former vice president...

WASHINGTON — It’s far too early in the campaign season to bemoan the absence of serious policy proposals from the presidential candidates — but not to...

WASHINGTON — A simple apology would suffice. Instead, campaign finance reformers, horrified by the predictable results of their handiwork, aspire to y...

WASHINGTON — One can understand why The Weekly Standard’s William Kristol would try to nullify Hillary Clinton’s presidential candidacy, but smearing ...

WASHINGTON — The Roman historian Tacitus described Emperor Nero’s persecution of Christians: “In their very deaths they were made the subjects of spor...

WASHINGTON — Because so many Republicans want to be president — or at least pretend they do — debate organizers have decided to eliminate the least po...

WASHINGTON — The Revolutionary War and Civil War ended in Virginia, which was involved, by the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, in the beginning of today’...

HARRISBURG (AP) — With six nominees vying for three open seats on the state Supreme Court and campaign dollars already flowing by the millions, change...

WASHINGTON — Again with the speeches. The gross excessiveness of it all, vacuuming up six-figure checks well past the point of rational need or politi...

We live in an arresting society. No civilized country on earth arrests, prosecutes and imprisons more of its citizens than we do. Currently, there are...

WASHINGTON — I recall the moment when the press finally turned against Bill Clinton. In 1998, I was a junior writer at U.S. News & World Report, then ...

WASHINGTON — Without a definitive judicial ruling or other galvanizing event, a perennial American argument is ending. Capital punishment is withering...

Through the past decade we have experienced an explosion of tribute acts into the mainstream entertainment world. It has been widely debated as to the...

WASHINGTON — One of the most seemingly compelling arguments against the free trade legislation now before Congress turns out to be largely bogus. The ...

Pennsylvania faces a monumental state pension crisis. Public employee pension systems were initially designed with the goal of balancing the retiremen...