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Opinion

Senators stays connected with constituents

National Columnists

Weeks before the election last year, Jason Zugai, the vice president of United Steelworkers Local 2227, pulled then-U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick aside at a Donald Trump rally here in Westmoreland County and asked him to meet with him and the local union regarding the then-proposed deal ...

Trump’s decision could change dynamic of Middle East

National Columnists

In ordering the bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump did the right thing, for the right reason, and at the right time. The New York Times initially headlined: “U.S. Enters War Against Iran.” A Washington Post editorial said: “Trump did not prepare America for his war ...

We are witnessing nation-saving, global saving

National Columnists

For 20 years, President Donald Trump has maintained that Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon. Much of the Western world, from European powers to American presidents, has given lip service to that idea, but has done little to restrict Tehran’s theocratic leaders from building a bomb. Though ...

Prayer is what our nation needs now

National Columnists

When I read the shocking news of the assassinations of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, along with the attempted murders of state Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, it felt like watching a tragic political thriller unfold in real time. The Hoffmans miraculously ...

Donald Trump is new type of Republican moderate

National Columnists

We’re used to thinking of Republican moderates as nice people from Blue states or swing districts, who speak in dulcet tones and oppose going “too far” on anything. These politicians still exist, but the image of the Republican moderate is out of date. Think less of Susan Collins, the ...

Common thread is ‘crazy love of our country’

National Columnists

Before he was David Mamet the acclaimed author, filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, he worked a variety of low-paying jobs well into his 20s: from kitchen help at a summer camp to a maintenance worker in a truck factory to working in the Merchant Marine doing maintenance on boats. ...