The Issue: President Biden’s first re-election campaign speech held in Valley Forge, Pa. President Biden in Pennsylvania attacked former President Donald Trump on the...
Until this weekend, whenever I heard someone say “Stanley Cup,” I assumed they were talking about the massive silver trophy awarded to the champion of the NHL season. Indeed, I was unaware of the rapid increase in popularity of the Stanley tumbler, made by the company Stanley, which can cost as much as $60. That […]
Hopefully Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) enjoyed his Christmas vacation because his return to work this week promises to be a painful slog reminiscent of the ordeal faced by his predecessor, Kevin McCarthy. On Sunday, Johnson announced he had reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on top-line spending numbers to fund the […]
University of Maryland economics professor Melissa Kearney’s excellent book The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling has sparked enough pundit pontificating that Politico recently hosted a Zoom discussion with four “marriage experts” to discuss “Why is the Pundit Class Suddenly So Marriage-Obsessed?“ Do read the whole thing, but I was most […]
As the warmth of the Christmas season begins to fade the first week in January, Pennsylvania’s Farm Show provides the perfect pick-me-up as a remedy for the doldrums of holiday hangovers. It’s a family-fun event that is a tradition unlike any other, especially if you were born and raised in the city, such as myself. […]
If the last month has made anything clear, it is that President Joe Biden does not have the respect of his staff, from his Cabinet down to the most irrelevant interns. That is the biggest takeaway from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s unexplained absence, aside from the fact that Austin should not remain in his job. […]
End the federal gas tax? Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has made it one of her campaign promises in the Republican presidential primary. Haley has vowed to end federal gas and diesel taxes if she is elected president. It’s a bad idea. The 18.4-cent per gallon gas tax is a user fee, […]
When I first ranked former President Donald Trump’s top 10 vice presidential picks back in August, I had Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) at No. 3 behind Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Byron Donalds (R-FL). But after Stefanik’s performance on Meet the Press this Sunday, I’m moving her to No. 1. She was poised, confident, […]
“The American dream is available to everyone,” Larry Elder writes early on in his new book. “You only have to work for it.” It’s a belief that used to embody the nation’s spirit; it’s an idea that liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left killed long ago. Nevertheless, it is one of the core tenets […]
HARRISBURG — Thirteen years ago, after covering Tom Corbett’s inauguration as the commonwealth’s 46th governor, I stopped then-State Archivist David Haury as he was gingerly walking away from the ceremony carrying with him an extraordinary relic: William Penn’s 1698 family Bible which Corbett had just used for his swearing-in ceremony. Flanked by security, Haury was wearing […]
