During weekly chats with a friend, we discuss the usual topics including the Steelers, political developments, and the economy. My friend is sure an economic collapse is around the corner that will be worse than the Great Depression. Now that my wife and I have purchased a new home, he advises ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro is frequently described as popular, strong, and politically formidable. That description has been repeated so often in Pennsylvania political coverage that it is hardening into conventional wisdom. But repetition is not proof. When examined from Washington County – where ...
Editor’s note: This is the first of four parts. American foreign policy after World War II was dominated by the Cold War, which was seen as an existential battle with the Soviet Union. The United States created the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe and keep it from going communist, which was ...
Late last summer, former commissioner Bracken Burns knocked on our door in East Washington. Burns was seeking information on the individual who had built the large ornate older homes in our neighborhood. Like most East Washington residents, we knew the age of our home, but could not name the ...
July 4, 2026, will mark a major event in the nation’s history. It is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and our landmark semi-quincentennial birthday. In less divisive times, the focus of the event would be on the meaning of the American Revolution, how ...
Affordability has suddenly become the centerpiece of Democratic and Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) messaging. It is marketed as the compassionate answer to MAGA’s themes of economic revival and opportunity. The DSA/Democratic concept of affordability confuses lower prices with lower ...
