Mark Robinson has achieved something I didn’t think was possible: He has shown himself to be a more repulsive, more extreme, more foolish Black Republican candidate than Herschel Walker. That’s quite ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vice President LKamala Harris is set to rally in Las Vegas on Sunday night as both she and Republican Donald Trump continue to make frequent trips to Nevada, looking to gain momentu...

WEATHER DOESN’T CARE about borders. The lines on a map are drawn by people in response to treaties, negotiations and legislation. The border between Allegheny and Westmoreland counties, for instance, ...

Let’s skip ahead to after the election. No matter who wins, the next president will declare that they have a “mandate” to do something. And they will be wrong. The whole canard that a newly elected pr...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio are meeting Tuesday for their first and only scheduled vice presidential debate. Walz, who is Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, a...

WHETHER IT’S TIKTOK or Instagram or Snapchat or some yet-to-be-released app sure to enrapture its users, it’s pretty clear — to us, at least — that too many young people are spending too much of their...

“IHATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” Donald Trump wrote on his platform, Truth Social, after she endorsed Kamala Harris. Well, of course he hates her. This is a man who cannot stand strong, independent women. And fo...

Of two appalling sex crimes currently in the news, one strikes me as entirely predictable, the other so bizarre as to make one question how it could possibly have happened in a civilized country. In t...

EACH SEPTEMBER, MENTAL HEALTH advocates, prevention organizations, survivors, allies and community members unite behind a common message aimed at saving lives. The mental health crisis hitting America...

It’s crazy for Donald Trump not to agree to another debate. While he may not be everybody’s cup of tea, his opponent is an absolute lunatic who could do permanent damage to our country, in addition to...

To the Editor: Donald Trump has never had to worry about feeding his family or paying his bills, so how can he possibly understand how difficult it can be living from paycheck to paycheck? He loves to...

WILLIAM PENN called America “the best poor man’s country.” Pennsylvania’s founder saw the opportunities in the colonies as a way for people to build a better life for themselves while building a bette...

As the presidential campaign reaches peak intensity, we are seeing an interesting phenomenon: journalists who don’t want to know some very basic information about one of the candidates. That candidate...

Democrats and independents are much likelier than Republicans to identify abortion as among their top 2024 concerns. HARRISBURG — Abortion is a top issue for nearly 50% of Pennsylvania voters when con...

GOVERNMENT PAYS FOR A LOT OF THINGS people need. Roads. Courts. Schools. These are things that make a community function. They also pay for things people don’t exactly require but that make society be...

Cynically running out the clock has been the overarching principle of the entire abbreviated 105-day presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris — ever since President Joe Biden, at the 11th...

There are so many egregious falsehoods spinning through the right-wing mediascape that it’s difficult to keep up with them — much less try debunking any of them. Some are so ridiculous — “they’re eati...

Another unwell person sought to kill Donald Trump, according to the FBI and other officials. We should all be grateful that no one was hurt, and that the Secret Service and local law enforcement appea...

To the Editor: When driving I have used my God-given sight to notice the thousands of new vehicles on the highway, stores full of customers shopping, restaurants full of patrons eating, sports venues ...

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