MEMORIAL DAY has evolved to a time when people place flowers on the graves of loved ones, but the original intent was to honor military service personnel who have lost their lives in service to Americ...

GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO THE threats that are expected. In California, that means building codes anticipate earthquakes. In Florida, emergency management plans for hurricanes. And now, Pennsylvania must...

It was 1959, and I was a senior in high school, hanging out at the Jewish Community Center in my hometown of Bayonne, New Jersey, when I ran into the older brother of a girl I knew. His name was Barne...

You can order abortion pills by mail. That reality should be enough to give us all pause, whatever one’s moral position on abortion. You can be in Texas, where abortion is technically illegal, and get...

IF YOU DON’T VOTE, YOU CAN’T COMPLAIN. We’ve all heard this saying before, but never has it rung so true than for Tuesday’s primary election. Despite beginning the process to elect our statewide leade...

For the first time this term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped below 40% in the Real-ClearPolitics average of polls. The newest rating is 39.9% approval and 57% disapproval. The...

PARSONS, West Virginia — Under a canopy of red and sugar maple, yellow poplar and sweet birch trees sits a colorful vernal riot of wildflowers like Canada violet, phlox and Solomon’s seal — and a case...

IN 2025, AS PENNSYLVANIA’S most contentious judicial retention campaign ever burned across the state, Pittsburgh native David N. Wecht was one of three Supreme Court justices fighting to remain on the...

TODAY, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS across Pennsylvania will decide which candidates from their respective parties will go on to run in the November general election. On the ballot are the governor and l...

Few predicted that blaming Israel and the Jews who support it would flare up in the early 21st century—and in America of all places, where there are nearly as many Jews as there are in Israel. After a...

Grateful for cemetery flag volunteers To the Editor: The Monessen American Legion Post 28 would like to thank all of the volunteers who gave their time and talent to place USA flags at all the veteran...

THE IDEA THAT LONGER parental leave would be best for people is not up for debate. The data is unimpeachable. Longer leave with guaranteed pay after welcoming a child improves outcomes for parents and...

To the Editor: As a nation, we cannot continue to function successfully unless certain measures are taken. Donald Trump and his unqualified cohorts are “chipping away” with their endless antics, decei...

Iwish “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker had asked Sen. Cory Booker if he’s qualified to represent New Jersey given that nearly 9 out of 10 of his constituents are not Black. I should probably back ...

TODAY IS ARMED FORCES DAY — a day set aside to honor all branches of the military and their goal of readiness for any eventuality. It is celebrated the third Saturday each May. Secretary of Defense Lo...

PROGRESS HAS ALWAYS IMPACTED THE WAY police operate. Radios changed communication. Patrol cars changed response times. Computers changed investigations and record keeping. Cellphones, databases and bo...

Donald Trump has defaced democracy in many ways: attacking journalists who question him, politicians who resist him, judges who defy him. He even pressures media companies to fire comedians who mock h...

“The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.” Mother Teresa famously said this while standing on a dais with President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton in a National Prayer Breakfast...

THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, economic policy and big business make headlines. They get talked about on cable news shows. They are discussed in board rooms and government hearings. Those are big-picture to...

Anew poll suggests that a sizable number of Democrats — more than 40% in some cases — believe the attempts on President Donald Trump’s life were fake. The poll, which surveyed 1,000 Americans over the...