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Abuse of power

More and more women have come forward in recent days to share their stories of sexual harassment and abuse by film producer Harvey Weinstein, breaking the long silence surrounding his behavior. The details of WeinsteinÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ actions are grotesque enough. But just as shocking is the fact that his ...

The country mourned again last week when a gunman in Las Vegas shot and killed nearly 60 people and injured almost 500. The inevitable question followed: Why did he do it?Every time there is senseless violence, we think if we can answer that question, maybe we can be proactive and stop it from ...

Tax reform for cowards

Tax reform was supposed to attract wide, bipartisan support. Lower rates would be fully offset by cutting unneeded deductions and loopholes. The benefit would be a simpler, more efficient tax code. But the idea has moved steadily toward just another irresponsible GOP tax cut, paid for with ...

Driving in circles with GOP at wheel

Congress has two make-or-break items on its September calendar.It has to raise the nationÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ debt ceiling so it can pay for the things it has already bought, and then it needs to pass an appropriations bill to keep the government running after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.Those tasks ...

ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ time: 2017 is proof that left to its own devices, state government will let us down.The litany of our grievances is long and itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ loud. But mostly, todayÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ shortcomings center on HarrisburgÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ ignoring the ideal that government “derives just powers from the consent of the ...