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Stiehm: A Senate showdown that went the wrong way

Republicans in Congress are ceding their constitutional power to the president, so says the "politerati." Yes, but there's the rub: 10 Senate Democrats joined Republicans, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He changed his mind the day before. The Senate 10 sacrificed the minority's sole ...

Parker: Confirm Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

Confirmation of President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has been held up in the Senate. Word now is that hearings will be held next week. What's holding things up? Pressure from Democrats, of course. If anyone is qualified to be America's ambassador to ...

Zito: Small businesses have been battered, but confidence is rising

SAXONBURG, Pennsylvania — Small businesses have been the backbone of the United States since its founding. The Hotel Saxonburg, which has also been known as the Vogeley House, the Belvedere House, the Laube House and the Central Hotel, opened in 1835 and has lasted most of our nation's ...

Robbins: Something bad is happening in America

Since it's been over 70 years since Sen. Joseph McCarthy used his power as chairman of a Senate investigative committee to bully and crush citizens at his whim, the closest younger Americans can come to visualizing the truly thuggish abuse of power to destroy dissenters may come, of all places, ...

Erickson: An alternative to tariffs

Contrary to what some supporters of President Donald Trump claim and the President himself asserts, tariffs are not paid by foreign governments, but by the American people. Importers pay taxes on each part or whole product imported into the country. They then raise the price of goods to recoup ...