The way this year ends in Congress will be a good indication of how the New Year will start.There will be 12 newcomers in the Senate, with Democrats holding a 55-to-45 edge. That鈥檚 still short of the 60 votes the Democrats need to break the almost-automatic Republican filibusters that have ...
I don鈥檛 mind cooking.My late father was a mess sergeant in Okinawa during World War II. His main duty was to plan meals for the troops in his outfit and then supervise the preparation, which was done by local residents and Japanese POWs.When he returned home from the Army Air Force, he baked ...
Revealing that you have been sexually abused doesn鈥檛 come easily at any age. Child victims often fear for their lives. Years later, they fear the reaction of others to such a shocking admission.But unless victims come forward, nothing changes. Just look at the Jerry Sandusky case, which has ...
No matter how many yard signs you see 鈥� no matter how much some people wish and want it to be true 鈥� there simply is no 鈥淲ar on Coal.鈥滱t least not one that firing Obama will do anything about.Coal is in deep trouble, don鈥檛 get me wrong, but its issues can鈥檛 be fixed by voting out ...
On Oct. 2, Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson blocked implementation of Pennsylvania鈥檚 onerous voter ID law for the Nov. 6 election 鈥� and thousands of citizens who care about the right to vote breathed easier.They shouldn鈥檛 have: Despite the injunction, the commonwealth is continuing ...
There was good news for Pennsylvania residents this past week as the state鈥檚 Public Utility Commission announced that $204 million would be distributed to municipalities and counties across the commonwealth.The windfall was the result of Act 13, the state鈥檚 oil and gas legislation, which ...