To the Editor: Really bad idea No. 3: Voting for liars. Sooner or later all politicians slice the truth thin. But few politicians tell a lot of whoppers; the need their supporters to believe what they...

To the Editor: As a 92-year-old that has lived in this area my entire life, from the Great Depression to now, I have lived in the best of America and the worst. No question. These last four years have...

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE wraps its tendrils around parts of life that most people don’t consider unless they have been touched by it. There are things like doctor appointments. How can you go for a routine v...

You can feel it — Republican confidence in victory is growing. Many in the GOP, from elected officials to pundits on the social platform X, believe former President Donald Trump is headed to victory, ...

To the Editor: Former President Obama has been making speeches across the country these last few weeks and has expressed the failings and dangerous plans of the MAGA candidate. Don’t boo, vote. He sai...

SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT THINGS from the government that sound great but just aren’t cost effective. It would be fantastic if utilities came without a bill, for instance. Long hot showers without worryin...

As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee/Harris campaign/ mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd. Claiming that JD Vance and Donald...

Are Americans angrier or lonelier than they used to be? As I watched the Democratic convention this summer, I thought that loneliness and anger might decide the presidential election. Donald Trump is ...

IF YOU’RE LOOKING TO AVOID waiting in line at the polls on Election Day, today is the deadline to apply for a mail-in ballot for the Nov. 5 general election. As of 8 a.m. Friday, more than 1,985,329 P...

IN A COURTROOM, there are rules about what can be introduced and when and how. For example, you can’t use evidence of a prior bad act as proof that someone did a new and different crime. You also can’...

The United States Armed Forces have a time-honored tradition, undergirded by constitutional principles, of avoiding active participation in politics. Soldiers, sailors and airmen answer to civilian au...

To the Editor: Will Donald J. Trump, Republican presidential candidate go quietly into the night riding off in the sunset if and when he loses his bid for the office he so desperately seeks? Never to ...

The political analyst Samuel Lubell introduced the concept of the sun and moon parties in 1951. The sun party is the majority party, and “it is within the majority party that the issues of any particu...

Congratulations and a heartfelt thanks to Monessen resident and proud U.S. Air Force veteran Ron Chromulak, whose dogged determination and relentless efforts helped him raise more than $16,000 needed ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s presidential election could come down to microscopic margins, so Kamala Harris is hunting for votes in even the most unlikely of places. One of her latest targets is Dona...

Putting aside the question of whether he will be inaugurated as president come January, is there any chance that Donald Trump will deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the United States? To...

E arlier this year, Democrats were outraged that Republicans — and the media — were focusing on Joe Biden’s advancing age and declining acuity. He’s fine, they insisted. It’s all partisan propaganda. ...

A MALL IS NOT EASY MONEY. According to the International Council of Shopping Centers, an average mall might be 400,000 to 800,000 square feet — and that’s just the storefronts available for lease. It ...

I’m not sure the Central Park Five really want a civil trial on what happened the night of April 19, 1989, but by suing Donald Trump for defamation, that’s what they’re going to get. The alleged defam...

To the Editor: If you: Scam, con, cheat, steal, swindle and commit fraud, lie and inflate your wealth to boost your ego and get loans and deflate it for tax purposes, con thousands of students out of ...