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By Michael Shannon Ending birthright citizenship, better known as dropping the anchor baby, is the most significant illegal immigration reform the President Trump has announced. ... Read More

The president rolled another flash grenade onto our political stage this week, and it sent the Trump Hate Media into a predictable tizzy. Trump was called ... Read More

Unlike most of his staged presidential moments, Donald J. Trump's arrival in Pittsburgh earlier this week was a somber affair. The tenor was not solely ... Read More

It might be that our political discourse is what it is because those involved are satisfied with the status quo. The rest of us spend ... Read More

Computer crashes, power outages, Y2K, prostate surgery, parenting crises ... I laugh in your faces! Despite these obstacles, I have now reached the milestone of ... Read More

Shortly after the arrest of the DNA-linked domestic bomber - turns out, big shock, that he's a "Make America Great Again" fan who took Trump's ... Read More

Raging Moderate Be careful out there folks, because we're in the middle of that scary time of year when spooky, hollow-eyed, costumed creatures come ... Read More

On Election Day, Pennsylvanians will face an important moment of truth in the race for U.S. Senate. Voters will choose between the ineffectual two-term Democratic ... Read More

Saturday morning is normally my favorite morning of the week. Usually, I sit in a festive coffee shop near downtown Pittsburgh, working on a novel, a ... Read More

READING, Pa. - Paula Hass, as one former American president so often says, is fired up and ready to go. Standing in her doorway on a ... Read More