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Aleppo-Workers giving visitors a tour 900 feet down the Bailey coal mine that straddles Washington and Greene counties in Pennsylvania. (Salena Zito)

In Pennsylvania coal country, follow the climate money

Salena Zito · October 20, 2026 1:07 pm

Jake Loosararian, CEO of Gecko Robotics

Pittsburgh’s Gecko Robotics expands its Navy contract to $300 million

People wearing all black in Lyon, France, protest and peer at the arson of their own demise of a burning tourism office.

France on fire — a dangerous inflection point for the West

Abdul el Sayed.

Slick Abdul

President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump has killed the American-led world order

"Oh, that my enemy would write a book," goes the old wish, coined by someone who knew there is no better way to expose fools than through their own words. It's an idea that deserves consideration from the college students and faculty unhappy with their schools' choice in commencement speakers.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Don’t silence graduation speakers you disagree with

Steve Chapman May 19, 2014 2:53 pm

Border Patrol agent Jerry Conlin stands on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence on Oct. 3, 2013, at San Ysidro, Calif. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Immigration reform is pro-growth and pro-GOP

Lawrence Kudlow May 19, 2014 2:51 pm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent visit to Washington was a display of dismal diplomacy. (AP/Michael Sohn)

Germany should help lead NATO response to Russia

James Jay Carafano May 19, 2014 2:38 am

Karl Rove is one ofÃÂ four men alive who have captained successful presidential campaigns.ÃÂ (AP/Tony Gutierrez)

When Karl Rove talks, people listen

Hugh Hewitt May 19, 2014 2:37 am

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Britain’s political stalemate resembles America’s

Michael Barone May 18, 2014 9:40 pm

Granite manufacturers are one of many U.S. industries struggling to compete with foreign competition -- which makes it odd that the federal government is subsidizing a Brazilian granite project.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

Federal subsidy for Brazilian granite hurts U.S. rivals

Timothy P. Carney May 17, 2014 10:09 pm

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Religious Americans will keep fighting for traditional marriage

Star Parker May 17, 2014 4:00 am

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Would Democrats amend Constitution to stop the Koch brothers?

Byron York May 16, 2014 4:12 am

A graduation cap on top of $20 bills.

Making college education affordable

Mona Charen May 16, 2014 4:00 am

Demonstrators rally against Colorado Senate Bill 175, in a protest attended by Archbishop of Denver Samuel J. Aquila, on the steps of the state capitol in Denver. (AP/Brennan Linsley)

‘Pro-Choice’ is a tool for abortion propagandists

David Limbaugh May 16, 2014 4:00 am

Medical associations are recommending that the doctors should consider more than the patient they are treating. (Thinkstock)

Doctors must serve patients, not society

Scott Rasmussen May 16, 2014 4:00 am

Academic studies comparing before and after earnings of graduates of for-profit schools show modest increases in pay after completion of training. (Thinkstock)

For-profit schools not the problem with student loan debts

Linda Chavez May 16, 2014 4:00 am