On Monday evening, each of Michigan’s 83 county parties held Republican conventions. Conservatives met with the purpose of electing delegates to the state endorsement convention to begin […]
Author: Salena Zito
Pa.’s dramatic shift rightward is a warning sign about overreach
When Ken Miller changed his party registration from Democrat to Republican in September 2020, he said he wasn’t doing it for Donald Trump. He had not voted […]
Recovering from an overdose epidemic
Andrew Ayers is busy working on loading and unloading several machines at Guy Chemical — a massive, 30,000-square-foot industrial facility that sits tucked along the border of […]
It’s the culture, stupid
Cultural attitudes have changed in the past few years. It began when the pandemic went from something we should be mindful of to a power that we […]
Mike Rowe Scholarship highlights lost virtues of hard work and sweat
Tracy Wilson is sitting in the cutest little ranch house in Lusby, Md. It is her dream house — literally her dream house, she explains, as she […]
Covenant between Main St. consumer and big corps is collapsing
Word travels fast in places like Pittsburgh’s iconic small-business district filled with third- and fourth-generation family-owned businesses, the majority of which are centered on two things: relationships […]
Inflation is eating away at America’s small businesses
Of the four restaurants Rick McQuaide owns in Western Pennsylvania, one is barely making a profit, two are losing money and the fourth has been “temporarily” closed […]
How ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ became a swipe at Biden — and the media
The “Let’s Go Brandon” message on the Hoods Up Quick Lube sign, in Greensburg, Pa., was up for four days, but it was long enough for the […]
Maryland voters send a warning shot to Democrats
Oldtown, Md. — this ancient colonial town nestled along the north branch of the Potomac River could not be more different from the upscale suburbs of Chevy […]
Is the rift between the public and the C-suites permanent?
During a visit to Hannibal, Mo., in 1882, Mark Twain wrote to his wife Olivia of the rush of sentiments he experienced returning to the town of […]
