"Resurrexit sicut dixit!" "For he has risen as he said!" (Matthew 28:6)

The earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan in March led to the destruction of most of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power reactors. What has been called the worst nuclear plant disaster since Chernobyl has renewed debate over how much...

Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported Vladimir Putin's displeasure over current operations in Libya. Putin singled out the United States for alleged interventionism and likened the U.N. action to a "medieval call to the crusades." Earlier,...

We have known since reading John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath" that the children of migrant farm workers suffer profoundly as their parents move from school district to school district and from state to state, following the crops they are hired to...

Across the commonwealth, Pennsylvanians are talking about the dramatic cuts that Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed for our public schools, colleges and universities. These cuts are painful, unpopular and unprecedented.

With summer fast approaching, I am delighted to share with you the many improvements planned for Allentown's bicycle and pedestrian transportation systems.

The state House Gaming Oversight Committee on April 6 approved a bill, sponsored by Rep. Paul Clymer, a Republican from Bucks County, on a 14-11 vote, and it now goes to the full House for consideration.

President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, expected to cost more than $1 billion, is under way. Given incumbency and likely opponents, he'll probably win.

March 31 may very well come to be known as the darkest day in the history of the Allentown School District. Nobody disputes the dismal financial condition of the district. Unfortunately the solution appears to be at the expense of 247 of Allentown'...

Preventing child abuse and protecting children is a shared community responsibility. Throughout April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, there will be events to reinforce our shared commitment to preventing child abuse and improved child...

It's been a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. How does Pennsylvania, a state that has long been a political colossus in national elections and hugely important in presidential politics, fail so dismally, election after election, to produce...

Back in the 1960s, when I was a kid, fathers went to work. That is every father except mine. He called himself a self-employed marketing consultant and he worked from home. Nobody understood why my dad didn't go to a job each day. I guess if you...

After more than 10 years of planning, SteelStacks — the arts, culture and education campus in the shadows of the mighty Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces — will come alive today as the campus unfolds throughout the next 12 months.

As an advocate for parks, recreation and conservation in our community, I was very pleased to see Lehigh County and Allentown City Council recently join with other counties, cities, boroughs and townships, as well as a myriad of park, recreation...

Some of the names are familiar — Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Gingrich, Paul, Trump. Others are less familiar — Bachmann, Barbour, Pawlenty, Daniels, Santorum. While still others are largely unknown — Huntsman, Johnson, Cain, Thune,...

It is ironic that the Republican Party's latest campaign against collective bargaining rights for workers originated in Wisconsin.

Over the last half century, it seems that every time the U.S. economy depresses, corporate America and political leaders team up to deflect blame on themselves by convincing the public that all economic problems have been caused by the "failures"...

Mr. Alan Allegra, in the March 19 Faith and Values column, "Israel and the Gospel of the Kingdom," helps us to see the unity of Hebrew and Christian Scriptures, a principle very necessary in our quest for interfaith understanding.

Tensions between the North and the South had been brewing for years. The Southern delegates for the Constitutional Convention threatened to leave if slavery would have been abolished in the Constitution.

Capital BlueCross recently launched an advertising campaign touting a Pennsylvania grade school where the entire student body and staff embark on a fun, high-intensity workout each morning before classes start.

When I heard of Geraldine Ferraro's death, I remembered her generosity when I asked her if she would write the foreword for a book I wrote that chronicles the lives and communication styles of five women who ran for president.

It is surprising to hear that the Allentown School District has approved severe cuts in the arts area. Perhaps district Superintendent Gerald Zahorchak isn't aware of the amazing, positive impact that the arts have on overall student performance....

March 25 marked the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Waist Co. fire that occurred in New York City. Until 2001, this fire was the deadliest workplace disaster in New York history, and the most important. Although unions had been struggling to form...

Twenty years ago on April 4, Sen. John Heinz was killed tragically in an airplane accident. At that very moment, the world changed. A family lost a husband and a father; voters across Pennsylvania and the nation lost a Republican advocate who...

For the past few years, reducing the size of the Pennsylvania Legislature has been among the several reform measures proposed. And The Morning Call published a Point/Counterpoint on the topic on Sunday.

President Obama recently announced plans to overhaul the No Child Left Behind law that mandates standardized testing. And local elementary students have been taking the PSSA tests. PSSAs have caused much sleeplessness, stress and general freakouts....

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Pennsylvania's legislators again face a daunting challenge in reaching consensus on a budget that will meet the commonwealth's needs in difficult economic times.