Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 21, 2024
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jan 10, 2023
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 05, 2022
Billy Joel wasn’t talking about Pennsylvania politicians and their assorted supplicants and benefactors when he crooned that “some folks like to get a...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 04, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Dec 02, 2022
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,...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 18, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Nov 04, 2022
Musicians regularly oil their instruments' valves to reduce friction and ease play — much as private interests regularly oil some state politicians fo...
Opinion, Сolumns
Oct 18, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Aug 03, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jul 21, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 20, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Jun 10, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
May 19, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 31, 2022
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...
News, Round the Square
Mar 23, 2022
VACCINATED POLITICIANS: Two in three Pennsylvanians believe politicians should be required to publicly disclose their vaccination status, reveals a re...
Round the Square
Mar 16, 2022
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...
Opinion, Сolumns
Mar 15, 2022
Nationwide, local and state politicians often resist reforms to reduce violence committed by police, even though sensible reforms would serve officers...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 17, 2022
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, ...
Opinion, Сolumns
Feb 11, 2022
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...
News, PA State News
Jan 22, 2022
HARRISBURG (TNS) — An unhinged politician. A room full of reporters and photographers. And a .357 Magnum tucked in a manila envelope. These three vola...
Business, PA State News
July 19, 2025
(TNS) — Less than half of all acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania last year operated within a sustainable margin. That means that over half of all ho...
Round the Square
July 19, 2025
COSTS: Do you ever think of what it would be like to shop in a grocery store with 1945 prices, but with the money you have now? As we page through old...
Lifestyles
July 19, 2025
Dear Heloise: We make fresh fruit pops by freezing lemon-lime soda with different fresh fruits: pineapples, blueberries and watermelon. — Gaby E., in ...
Lifestyles
July 19, 2025
DEAR ABBY: After moving into a 55-plus community seven years ago, I became close friends with my neighbors, "Iris" and her husband. She was widowed fi...
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
July 19, 2025
Over the years there have been a lot of changes in hunting rules and regulations in the state of Pennsylvania. Most of these changes have been since t...
Local News
July 19, 2025
ROULETTE — The Third Annual Roulette Fourth of July celebration will be held today, with fireworks starting at 10 p.m. Fireworks will go off from 153 ...
