As the first bouts with winter weather get underway, inevitably the number of calls for accidents and crashes our first responders must answer increases. And while there are plenty of cases of the crash being unavoidable due to poor road conditions, the fact is that many accidents are at ...
Not until early 2020 will motorists who violate Pennsylvania work zone speed limits experience lighter wallets and pocketbooks under provisions of Act 86 of 2018, which authorizes speed cameras in highway construction and repair areas. Unfortunately, it is taking the commonwealth too long to ...
One hundred one years ago today, the conflict many hoped was “the war to end wars” drew to a close. For decades, Nov. 11 each year was observed as Armistice Day. Now, we know it as Veterans Day, honoring those among us who have served at any time in the armed forces. Though the last ...
Pennsylvaniaás nearly century and a half ban on most forms of hunting on Sundays will probably end soon thanks to a Harrisburg compromise on the issue. Given how big a step it is — and the significant and legitimate opposition it faced — the compromise that brings its end should be the ...
Just when you think it just may be possible that racism isn't a problem anymore, the bigots remind us it is. An Associated Press story this week covered two events involving the late Emmett Till. Till was 14 when, in August 1955, he was visiting relatives in Mississippi. The black boy ...
Beto O’Rourke, the former congressman from Texas who thought extremist demagoguery was the path to the presidency, has dropped out of the race for the Democratic Party nomination for that office. Good riddance. Politicians do not drop out of races until they have been convinced they ...
It has been said that the art of politics is compromise. Mention that these days and it is entirely likely you will be accused of being a traitor by those on one of the polls to which political discourse seems to have been relegated. Perhaps both sides will flail away at you. Former ...
Today is Election Day. That means it is one of a few opportunities for the people to have the power, instead of those who are chosen to represent us in government. And elections like today’s, even though they may not be the “sexiest” in terms of entertainment value, are vitally ...
What are the roots of our present disorder, of the hostilities and hatreds that so divide us? When did we become this us vs. them nation? Who started the fire? Many trace the roots of our uncivil social conflict to the 1960s and the Johnson years when LBJ, victorious in a 61% landslide in ...
Especially at major powers in the collegiate sports world, purely amateur athletics has been a myth for many years. Under-the-table gifts by well-to-do boosters have ensured that. Now, however, even the pretense may be about to end. This week, the National Collegiate Athletic Association ...