John L. Micek

Here we go again. In the last week, two men from Pennsylvania each made headlines for attempting or threatening violence against the FBI after it ... Read More

In an ideal world, the landmark compromise on climate change, Medicare, and energy spending that Senate Democrats announced at the end of last week would ... Read More

It’s been a long, hot summer for Democrats. A new New York Times/Siena College poll points the way to the party’s current malaise: Nearly two-thirds ... Read More

What do you get when you combine the odious optics of a dead of night vote with one of the most politically potent issues of ... Read More

Ever since she was old enough for me to tell her anything, I’ve been telling my daughter that she could grow up to be whatever ... Read More

If you want to know what the slide into fascism looks like, go back and review Tuesday’s session of the U.S. House committee investigating the ... Read More

It’s not uncommon for Pennsylvania’s 253-member General Assembly to shower deserved praise on active and retired members of the U.S, Armed Services, or to solemnly ... Read More

Every Republican who’s ever denied or tried to minimize the hideously destructive reality of the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, should ... Read More

Want to know what rage feels like? It's waking on a Wednesday morning on a school day as the cable news talking heads sift through ... Read More

You’d be hard-pressed to find a Pennsylvania Democrat who didn’t think Lt. Gov. John Fetterman was going to win his primary for U.S. Senate. And ... Read More