Politics
June 21, 2024
To the Editor: When we see Trump’s statements, we should ask which candidate is senile? Here are examples: 1. If I lose this election, there will be a bloodbath. 2. When I am elected, I will immediate...
Politics
June 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the general election nears, Democrats are keen to remind union voters in Pennsylvania that pensions for many workers have been preserved as part of a coronavirus pandemic-era aid ...
Abortion is a defining issue
Politics
June 20, 2024
Donald Trump often brags to supporters that he has neutralized the abortion issue by insisting that the states are now in charge of policy, not the federal government. But he’s wrong, and he knows it....
Put the phones away
Politics
June 20, 2024
As far as I’m concerned, they can’t put warning labels on social media websites soon enough. Indeed, I’d go a lot further. I’d consider banning smartphones altogether for children under 16. Me, I’m so...
Politics
June 20, 2024
AS PENN STATE CUTS staffing at its 20 Commonwealth campuses and at least two private colleges in our region sink into financial distress, the people who run those institutions point to shrinking enrol...
Actually, senator
Politics
June 19, 2024
For the first time in decades, I caught some of the Sunday morning political shows last weekend. Who knew there still were Sunday shows? Since the advent of cable news, you can get the same programmin...
Politics
June 19, 2024
AS A SOCIETY, WE BELIEVE that making something false and passing it off as something real is wrong. You can’t fake money. You can’t make bootleg recordings of movies or music. You can’t forge a check ...
Politics
June 18, 2024
BEING POOR IN PENNSYLVANIA is not a crime. It might be enough to get you punished, though, according to a new lawsuit. The American Civil Liberties Union and private law firms filed a petition in Comm...
Democrats turn lawfare into a campaign ad
Politics
June 18, 2024
President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has released a new ad that synopsizes the Democratic effort to use criminal charges and lawsuits against former President Donald Trump. “In the courtroom, we ...
Politics
June 17, 2024
THURSDAY IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL day of summer, but the thermometer outside begs to differ. The heat and high humidity are making a big comeback this week. If you haven’t prepared already, now is a good...
The West is sick of the New Woke Jihadism
Politics
June 17, 2024
What are the mobs in Washington defiling iconic federal statues with impunity and pelting policemen really protesting? What are the throngs in London brazenly swarming parks and rampaging in the stree...
The importance of miracles
Politics
June 17, 2024
“Every Sunday for me it’s hard,” says Nancy Pelosi in “Being Catholic Now: Prominent Americans Talk About Change in the Church and the Quest for Meaning,” a 2008 collection edited by Kerry Kennedy, da...
Immigration could get Trump elected again
Politics
June 14, 2024
For more than 20 years, I have held one position constant when it comes to immigration policy: We should have one. I am less concerned about the number of immigrants we take in every year than I am ab...
G7 leaders tackle the issue of migration on the second day of their summit in Italy
Politics
By By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press 
June 14, 2024
BARI, Italy (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations turned their attention to migration at the start of the second day of their summit Friday, seeking ways to combat traffi...