Politics
A prison for all of us
July 10, 2025
To the Editor: Known as a FLW. The people with Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) frequently use simple and irrelevant childish name calling as supportive arguments, for instance “deranged Donnie.” Name...
The ineffable brilliance of Stephen Miller
Politics
July 10, 2025
Furious that Trump is finally getting around to keeping his wildly popular promises on immigration, The New York Times has decided to take out its frustration on his wunderkind adviser, Stephen Miller...
Medicaid, the BBB, and Obama’s revenge
Politics
July 9, 2025
It’s reasonable to view the angry debate over the Medicaid provisions of the recently signedinto- law One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with Democrats accusing President Donald Trump and Republicans of taki...
Politics
July 9, 2025
A SERIOUS INTERACTION WITH LAW enforcement can have deadly consequences. In 2024, there were 32 fatal incidents of police shootings in Pennsylvania. The first was Jan. 7, when Christopher Lee Shepherd...
Politics
July 9, 2025
To the Editor: President of the world? Peacemaker of the world? Deal-maker extraordinaire? Nobel Peace Prize candidate? The ultimate intellect? No, not one of the above — so falsely labeled. Was not D...
Politics
By By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press 
July 8, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Just over three months ago, President Donald Trump unveiled his most sweeping volley of tariffs yet — holding up large charts from the White House Rose Garden to outline new import tax...
A mild protest in Manhattan
Politics
July 8, 2025
It was a somewhat sad, quaint scene; I got out of an Uber and noticed eyes on me immediately. I had arrived at Planned Parenthood’s flagship Manhattan center. It’s supposed to close and be sold, but f...
Politics
July 8, 2025
ARE GROCERY STORES THE KEY TO FIGHTING back against the high cost of prescription drugs? In recent years, drugstores have been caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock is Medicare and Medicaid...
Michigan’s on the move
Politics
July 7, 2025
PETOSKEY, Mich. — The sun is out, the lake is glistening, the strawberries are bright red and summer-sweet. Golfers and anglers are busy, cyclists are on the move, brats are on the barbecue. This is M...
Politics
July 7, 2025
FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR, Pennsylvania’s elected officials fail to meet constitutional budget deadline. For most Pennsylvanians, the lack of a budget will have few immediate noticeable effects. Bu...
Trump threatening to dump Canada might be the best thing to ever happen to it
Politics
July 5, 2025
Editor’s note: Jonah Goldberg’s column will not appear this week. This is a substitution column by Rachel Marsden. PARIS – The U.S. and Canada have been stuck in a long-term marriage of convenience. B...
Immobilize the Mamifada
Politics
July 3, 2025
In New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor last week, Andrew Cuomo, the former governor, son of a former governor, once married to a Kennedy (that’s admirable in Democrat circles), lost to the pr...
Elon Musk goes off again
Politics
July 2, 2025
Has it really been less than a month since Elon Musk flew off the handle, trashed his benefactor, the president, pledged to kill the administration’s top legislative priority, and, on top of all that,...
Politics
July 2, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA IS TRYING to whisper sweet nothing in the ears of New York businesses. New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani, a progressive Democrat, presumptively won his party’s nomination for mayor of Ne...
News, Politics
July 1, 2025
INDEPENDENCE DAY and the extended weekend off for many is a great time to celebrate, but no American holiday results in more horror stories. Thousands of people are treated in emergency rooms for fire...
Politics
July 1, 2025
To the Editor: Well, well, well, Donnie finally got the crowd size he always wanted and desired. It’s called protest rallies, which every state had. “Tremendous” amounts of angry anti-Trump folks were...
In the end, everyone hated the Iranian theocracy
Politics
July 1, 2025
It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar — the last Par...