John L. Micek

If you stay in the news business long enough, you're inevitably going to run into a reader who has a grievance - sometimes legitimate, sometimes ... Read More

Let Sarah Sanders Eat in Peace You'd think a pan-seared pork chop wouldn't come freighted with political baggage. But politics, and that pork chop ($28, with Wades ... Read More

Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., thought reports of children being brutally separated from their parents at the United States' southern border with ... Read More

Even as he cozied up to an evil dictator who routinely murders, starves and imprisons his own people, President Donald Trump's White House made its ... Read More

Words matter. What we say to each other, how we treat each other matters. There are basic norms of civilized behavior, outside the realm of politics, beyond ... Read More

In the great din and clatter in our nationwide argument over abortion, it's always struck me that the warring sides actually agree on a couple ... Read More

Sometimes, even when you win, you lose. Just ask U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa. Instead of basking in the reflected glow of his primary victory last week, ... Read More

For a man who likes to brag about what a big builder he is, President Donald Trump spends a lot of time burning stuff down. From ... Read More

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a Republican who hails from northeastern Pennsylvania's coal country, likes to brag about the fact he was one of his state's ... Read More

Not too long ago, an anonymous commenter on one of my columns concluded that I took my stance on a particular issue because I "hate ... Read More