In January 1925, President Calvin Coolidge, addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington. In his remarks, Coolidge said, “the chief business of the American people […]
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Where did all the workers go? Some of them bought the farm
LIGONIER, Pa. — For the last 47 years, the farmers market located along the old Lincoln Highway has drawn a good-sized crowd to the open field where […]
Biden’s no FDR. He’s not even Obama
by Ramesh Ponnuru Democrats have every right to be pleased that they passed another big spending bill, but a lot of them are getting carried away. Longtime […]
McCullough’s history never boring
I hated college history. The textbooks were mostly about dead white men, Abigail Adams excepted. The lectures were boring. I didn’t see how any of it related […]
It’s the uncertainty, stupid
SCRANTON, Pa. — Ask a restaurant owner how difficult the COVID-19 era has been, and the list of struggles is lengthy — loss of customers, supply chain […]
Nearly 87,000 new IRS employees
by Byron York You’ve probably heard Republicans say the Inflation Reduction Act — the massive spending bill just passed by Senate Democrats — includes provisions to hire […]
Back to school 2022
As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a […]
Political activists rarely make good politicians
by Lynn Schmidt There’s a reason people repeat the adage that “half a loaf is better than none,” coined in 1546 in John Heywood’s collection of English […]
China poses a threat to whole world
by Jay Ambrose Chinese President Xi Jinping recently warned the United States not to “play with fire” over Taiwan. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decided to play […]
New centrist party going nowhere
by Ramesh Ponnuru The founders of a new political party, “Forward,” acknowledge that third parties usually fail. They say that previous third-party efforts flopped “either because they […]
