Politics
January 28, 2025
IT’S TIME TO THINK about elections. There’s a sentence no one was ready to hear. The effects of the 2024 election are just barely becoming reality. The inauguration happened last week. Confirmation he...
The addicted, petty, and hysterical Left
Politics
January 28, 2025
Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because the Left’s hysterical style of attacking Trump no longer worked. After a decade of this unhinged furor, it proved worthless in winning public support...
A tale of two medals
Politics
January 28, 2025
WASHINGTON — There was tremendous, albeit unintentional, cultural clarity in two late-term actions Joe Biden took before the end of his presidency. Call it the tale of two medals. Right before Thanksg...
Canadians to Trump: Keep your tiny wandering hands to yourself
Politics
January 27, 2025
TORONTO — This is a big country with only one thing on its mind: Donald Trump. South of the border, no one is taking seriously the notion that the president wants to make Canada the 51st state. To Ame...
Politics
January 27, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA HAS NOT yet decided where it will stand with marijuana. Sure, the state has a position on medical marijuana. It’s legal with one of a list of approved diagnoses and a card issued by an ap...
Politics
January 25, 2025
To the Editor: All the Democrats except two voted against the bill that would prevent biological men from competing against women in sports. What is wrong with them? Then 145 Democrats voted against d...
Politics
January 25, 2025
DALLAS (AP) — Millions of documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas have already been made public, but President Donald Trump has ordered the release of thousa...
Trump is president again. Did you feel the vibe shift?
Politics
January 25, 2025
As a second Trump administration dawns — or, for his opponents, descends — on America, an interesting and unusual discussion has emerged over the broader meaning of Trump’s victory. One thing that mak...
Hits & Misses
Politics
January 25, 2025
Thanks to everyone who helped Mon Valley residents survive one of the most bitterly cold weeks the area has seen in several years. Churches, fire stations and other organizations set up warming center...
Politics
January 23, 2025
PENNSYLVANIA’S HOUSE of Representatives is once again locked in a tie. The chamber has reflected the paper-thin margins of state politics since 2023 — or more precisely, since the moment votes were co...
Andronas seeking reelection as Washington County sheriff
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CANDIDATE ANNOUNCEMENT
January 22, 2025
For the MVI Longtime law enforcement officer Tony Andronas announced his bid for reelection as Washington County Sheriff. In his campaign announcement, Andronas cited his “proven record of accomplishm...
Latest News, Politics
January 22, 2025
The Mon Valley Independent is publishing candidate announcements for the May 20 municipal primary election. Announcements (only one per candidate) will be accepted through April 25 and may include bio...
Jack Smith, the prosecutor who would never admit what he was doing
Politics
January 22, 2025
President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same to its own...
Politics
January 22, 2025
To the Editor: Moments. Life is made of those occasions often anchored in the most common of places like around a kitchen table. These moments we share become memories that sustain us through our year...
Politics
January 21, 2025
LAST WEEK, LIVE CASINO Pittsburgh in Hempfield had some impressive payouts. It wasn’t because someone bet on black or stayed at the slot machine until a jackpot came up. The awards weren’t paid in pok...
The responsibilities of patriotism
Politics
January 21, 2025
“Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.” George Washington’s farewell address was unlike the speeches of presidents Jo...
Biden’s bizarro world of foreign policy ‘achievements’
Politics
January 21, 2025
Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fi...