Opinion & Essay

As we bid goodbye to Republican debate V, let’s try to identify the most mendacious liar in the pack. Mein Donald and Ted Cr ...

Now that the fright-wing Republicans have blessedly exited the debate stage – they’ve stored their toxic stew until mid-Janua ...

Say what? The twin sister and employee of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane herself traded nasty email, and sent one to Ka ...

I would’ve preferred last night to watch “Fargo,” a pitch-black comedy about bloodlusting knuckleheads, but instead I d ...

Those irrepressible Republican candidates are debating tonight, this time in Vegas, and just in case you plan to skip it — because you ...

Pig Iron Theatre Company is celebrating 20 years of bold and unconventional work by restaging an early piece that created a buzz here, th ...

Political observers are abuzz about the prospect of a contested Republican convention next summer. Under this scenario, none of the presi ...

When I first met John Fetterman, the six-foot, eight-inch, heavily tattooed mayor of Braddock, Pa. and  ...

So much great stuff to read, so little time. The least I can do is share. So today, I am touting a trifecta. The bad news is, all ...

She probably won’t hold any public office in a year or so, but you if look at the conflict and wreckage she’s already caused, ...

In his remarks yesterday, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the constitutional provision that abolished slavery, President Obama ...

After fleeing the pharmacy because I just couldn’t bring myself to listen to one more rumpa-pum-pum, I asked my Facebook f ...

Republicans talk tough about ISIS. They’re basically saying, “Unlike Obama, we ha ...

Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. comes just days before he’ ...

This is Senator Joe McCarthy, the infamous red-baiting demagogue, speaking in 1951: “How can we account for our present situation u ...