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Dems need a 67-county strategy

<span class="print_trim">By Richard Robbins</span>Let鈥檚 say you are a guy who started out working at a steel mill in 1970, got married, had kids and bought a house, was laid off when the steel industry crashed, took classes to learn, oh, plumbing, but for one ...

‘Hell all day’: The Bulge in memory

Here鈥檚 something barely comprehensible: veterans of World War II will be with us until at least 2030. This projection comes from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.Here鈥檚 the math: Some sixteen million men served in the armed services during the war, which, for the United ...

Collision: The military vs. President Trump

Making complete sense of last week鈥檚 Navy SEAL-Navy Secretary blowup is impossible, from this distance at least, though one thing is clear: President Trump had no business interfering with the review that was underway to determine whether Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher should remain part ...

And now, hands across Route 40

The pronouncement the other day by South Union Township supervisor Robert Schiffbauer that the township was hopeful of cooperating with North Union on projects beneficial to both was heartening.鈥淲e are in a similar situation and we want to see their growth continue,鈥 Schiffbauer told the ...

Democrats to Trump: Here, you win

The other day at a Harrisburg press briefing, Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey highlighted one more way Democrats are angling to lose to Donald Trump in 2020.鈥淭he top Democratic presidential candidates,鈥 the senator said, 鈥渁re competing with each other over who can do more harm to this ...

Remember the soldier on Vets Day

Army Captain Jack Golden wrote his father from Europe during World War II: 鈥淚 feel like I鈥檓 80.鈥 He was 22-years-old in 1944. 鈥淵ou get so tired you stop doing the small things that are important to your safety and if you get tired enough you don鈥檛 care whether you live or die.... We ...