politician

I have a confession when it comes to the culture war our society is mired in: I consider myself a pacifist on this front. As the battles rage on betwe...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Rep. Kevin McCarthy won his 15th bid to become speaker of the House, but only at great cost. To win the votes he needed to secure t...

Billy Joel wasn’t talking about Pennsylvania politicians and their assorted supplicants and benefactors when he crooned that “some folks like to get a...

It’s happened to all of us: The holidays are here before you know it, and you’re scrambling for that last-minute gift. Maybe you procrastinated, but a...

Donald Trump’s allies praised him for his discipline during his announcement speech, when he mostly stuck to the script as written by his staff. Then,...

The goal of QAnon is to destroy the United States from within by creating chaos and dissension among Americans. Who is behind QAnon? Is it foreign int...

Musicians regularly oil their instruments' valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians fo...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNS) — The biggest issue in the 2022 election might be the fact that we haven’t moved on from the last one. We’re still living in the...

There’s a reason people repeat the adage that “half a loaf is better than none,” coined in 1546 in John Heywood’s collection of English proverbs. It i...

You’d think they’d be ashamed, these self-infatuated pundits and tin horn politicians who made bogus pronouncements on Fox News and elsewhere about th...

Given the state’s political structure, it’s natural to think of the Legislature in terms of the major political parties. But that’s just part of the s...

Joe Biden has rarely seemed as fully 79 years old as he did sitting down with Jimmy Kimmel for a late-night interview that was supposed to showcase hi...

Chances are, deluded mass murderer Payton Gendron doesn't actually know any Black people to speak of. According to the 2020 census, his hometown of Co...

In Michael Kinsley’s immortal definition, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth — some obvious truth he isn’t supposed to say.” By that standa...

VACCINATED POLITICIANS: Two in three Pennsylvanians believe politicians should be required to publicly disclose their vaccination status, reveals a re...

TROLLS: We’re not talking about the toys with the crazy hair here. We’re talking about one of the reasons that many people have turned away from socia...

Nationwide, local and state politicians often resist reforms to reduce violence committed by police, even though sensible reforms would serve officers...

Jan. 10 marked the 40th anniversary of my favorite football memory. The San Francisco 49ers pulled off an 89-yard drive with an impressive play pass, ...

DETROIT (TNS) — When the first COVID-19 mandates were issued in hopes of turning back a mysterious pandemic, there wasn’t enough science or data avail...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — An unhinged politician. A room full of reporters and photographers. And a .357 Magnum tucked in a manila envelope. These three vola...