Seven years, 60 votes and Obamacare has still not been repealed or replaced.This week, Republicans are hectically counting votes with their latest effort to gut Obamacare for the fourth time in three months.Ask any Republican why they keep trying, and they鈥檒l tell you, 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what we ...
From Election Day 1904, when he cast a ballot for Theodore Roosevelt, until his death on Sept. 27, 1933, Josiah VanKirk Thompson lived at his estate just outside Uniontown.Now, 84 years after his demise, the future of the former Thompson house and grounds is ringed with uncertainty.Since it was ...
President Trump has found a brand-new toy. It鈥檚 called bipartisanship.Two weeks ago, he sat down with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders in the Oval Office hoping to work out a plan to raise the nation鈥檚 debt ceiling.He ignored his fellow Republican鈥檚 plan, and he decided to ...
A willingness to consider new things is a hallmark of a mind alive to the possibilities of change. And since change is one of life鈥檚 constants, that鈥檚 a good thing.However, some changes are simply too much.Take the Republican sea-change toward taxes. Once upon a time Republicans were ...
鈥淵ou have people in this country for 20 years, they鈥檝e done a great job, they鈥檝e done wonderfully, they鈥檝e gone to school, they鈥檝e gotten good marks, they鈥檙e productive 鈥� now we鈥檙e supposed to send them out of the country?鈥�<em>Donald Trump 鈥� 2011 鈥� Fox ...
If you hold high public office or if you鈥檙e running for one, it鈥檚 good to stand for something. It鈥檚 equally good to be known to stand for something, especially if that something commands majority support, whether broadly or narrowly.What do the Democrats in Washington stand for? Whatever ...