One Year Later: A Return to Normalcy
Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.
Th Obama normalcy is a welcome relief from eight years of the Bush administration, but it is only a start. If Obama builds on this start with true reforms, much of the hope will come back.
AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — An autumn storm brought snow to parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, the earliest snow on record in some towns u...
Politics Daily | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics
Although Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter leads his Democratic primary opponent and is running neck-and-neck in a general election matchup against Repu...
Josh Sugarmann | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
The absolute she tried to personify -- that owning a handgun will guarantee your safety -- is false.
The Associated Press | Mark Scolforo | Posted 10.09.2009 | Home
LEBANON, Pa. - A soccer mom who was thrust into the national gun-rights debate after taking a loaded pistol to youth sports events was killed by her h...
Rep. Joe Sestak | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
It's time to end discrimination based on sexual identity or orientation. That's why I'm committed to equal rights for all Americans, and to repealing the Defense of Marriage Act and Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | Home
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a man accused of killing his identical twin brother in a parallel parking accident has ...
Maria Rodale | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living
Snuggled under all my soft and comfy organic bedding, I am feeling all warm and wonderful, while the air in the room is sweet, cool, and so refreshing. It's an elixir that is priceless.
Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
The U.S. government began its life back in 1791 by shafting the Appalachian area. People have not forgotten it, perhaps because it has yet to stop happening.
Frances Beinecke | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
How did Pittsburgh, a gritty city on the edge of America's industrial heartland, get chosen to host the G20? Because Pittsburgh, a booming center of green technology, is the right place for the times.
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York
Staten Islander Anthony Taylor was arrested Wednesday for traveling to Pennsylvania with the intent of having sex with a woman and her 14-month-old ch...
ProPublica | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica Pennsylvania environment officials are racing to clean up as much as 8,000 gallons of dangerous drilling fluids afte...
David O. Williams | Posted 11.22.2009 | Denver
ProPublica Monday reported environmental officials were scrambling to clean up 8,000 gallons of a "potential carcinogen" manufactured by Halliburton a...
AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home
PHILADELPHIA — A porn star has pleaded guilty to acting as a lookout while his twin brother and sometime co-star cut holes through the roofs of ...
The Cable | Josh Rogin | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
House defense spending cardinal John Murtha, an early bellwether of congressional opposition to the Iraq war, has made his strongest comments yet oppo...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green
Pizarchik's hearing on Tuesday will be a litmus test of the Obama administration's--and the US Senate's--commitment to appointing and confirming agency directors who believe in science and law in our nation's coalfields.
Senate Guru | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
ight now, beginning at 5pm Eastern Time, Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak will hold a liveblog session for about an hour at Senate Guru.
AP | PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home
LANCASTER, Pa. — Horses drawing buggies regularly clop down the roads approaching Lancaster, a peaceful city in the heart of Amish country that ...
Senate Guru | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Congressman Sestak's leadership has seemingly been the only thing pulling recent Republican Arlen Specter to the left on key issues in health care reform.
Talking Points Memo | Brian Beutler | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
He left himself some wiggle room, but, in what appeared to be a challenge to Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA), Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) said he'd have a hard t...
Mike Elk | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
Manufacturing is essential to rebuilding our economy and moving away from the debt-driven boom bust cycles of the past.
Dan Brown | Posted 09.13.2009 | Media
My initial reaction to the Michael Vick signing is disgust. Sure he can run a "wildcat" formation, but does that justify inviting the protests and ill will that will follow the Eagles everywhere, including at home?
John F. Wasik | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business
Pedestrian-friendly cities can make huge personal economic sense. If you don't need a car, you can save thousands a year.
Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Penn.) and his two major senate challengers in 2010, Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) and Rep Joe Sestak (D-Penn.), all hammered away a...
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics