EDITOR’S NOTE: Froma Harrop is on vacation this week. Last year on the morning before Christmas, just as much of the country was preparing food for a […]
Author: Salena Zito
Mike Rowe’s intentionally unintentional intentional purpose-driven life
Mike Rowe has had one heck of a year, and it isn’t even over yet. Rowe, best known for hosting the Discovery Channel’s long-running “Dirty Jobs,” is […]
East Palestine reckons with its shattered sense of place
EAST PALESTINE — Rick Tsai is standing knee-deep in the briskly flowing Lesley Run creek, a mile downstream of where the massive derailment happened in this Columbiana […]
Parents want education system overhaul
In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized […]
Avian flu is crushing poultry farmers
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The public’s pocketbooks have been hit hard by the skyrocketing cost of eggs in the last few months. Prices have doubled and, in some […]
Pa. House Speaker flips from ‘D’ to ‘I’
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Come January in Harrisburg, there are two constants: The annual Farm Show will be better than it was the year before — it always […]
If you’ve made a house into a home …
MT. LEBANON, Pa. — It really was never supposed to be my forever home. Two years ago, I took one last look at what had been home […]
Trump the result of the conservative populist coalition, not the cause
Ever since former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, there has been a flag hanging from a home not far from where I […]
Democrats mastered mail-in balloting
Republicans will pay if they fail to step up The first thing Allegheny County Republican Chairman Sam DeMarco saw on election night after the polls closed was […]
GOP makes its case to middle America
MONONGAHELA, Pa. — Whether by design or necessity, the decision by House Republican leaders to kick off their Commitment to America in this river town on the […]
