Apr 9, 2017
In spite of a scorched-earth campaign by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s untimely death last year. Gorsuch’s nomination was one of the most significant...
Mar 1, 2017
President Trump declared Tuesday that a “new chapter of American greatness is now beginning” as he made economic revival the centerpiece of his first address to Congress – issuing a clarion call to “restart the engine of the American economy” through tax cuts, better...
Feb 28, 2017
As the General Assembly begins another budget season, it’s time to admit that Pennsylvania needs to overhaul state government. In the midst of a 21st-century economy driven by new technology and fundamental changes in the markets, we are still using a formula...
Feb 1, 2017
Neil Gorsuch, named Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, has a solidly conservative pedigree that has earned him comparison to the combative justice he would replace, Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch clerked for two Supreme Court...
Jan 26, 2017
Under cloudy and rainy skies on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. After a highly contentious election campaign with slogans of “Make America Great Again” and “Drain The...
Jan 5, 2017
The state chairman of the Republican Party announced Tuesday that he will not seek another term. “After my last re-election in 2013, I confided in my family, friends and closest advisors that this would be final term as chairman,” Rob Gleason, of Westmont, said in a...
Jan 4, 2017
It is the enemy within, made up of powerful Americans atop the federal government pretending to respect American principles even as they say, “Go away, Congress, leave us alone, courts, we are everything.” They make and execute most of the rules, and they’ve had...
Dec 21, 2016
There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday — ensuring that the billionaire will become America’s 45th president. An effort by anti-Trump forces to persuade Republican electors to abandon the...
Dec 10, 2016
It is alleged that Hillary Clinton won a popular vote majority. Therefore, if the nation were not burdened with the antiquated Electoral College, anguished and freaked-out Americans whine, she, instead of Donald Trump, would be the next president of the United States....
Dec 2, 2016
Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey urged President-elect Donald Trump to take immediate action against Philadelphia and other sanctuary cities for not cooperating with federal immigration authorities. “I hope that our president will take the executive order steps...
