Newsmax RSS FeedFri, 17 May 2013 15:52:06 EDTThat didn’t take long. Smart money said it would have taken half of Sen. Pat Toomey’s term before the hardcore right put him in their crosshairs. Instead, it only took two years to bend him over the (gun) barrel.Thu, 16 May 2013 10:57:25 EDTWhat’s black and white and red all over? A blushing zebra and a newspaper. But the biggest punch line is no laughing matter. It’s what the NFL should be, but isn’t: red-faced with embarrassment over its racist mandate to interview minority candidates for coaching positions.Wed, 01 May 2013 14:30:03 EDTOne. 14. Two. Zero. Here’s what those digits represent: One: Pennsylvania’s rank for states with the worst bridges. 14: Length in feet of a local bridge on a vital street, closed a year ago due to its deteriorating condition.Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:47:50 EDTThere’s good and bad news. The good: if you’re still reeling from the self-imposed trauma of watching nonstop bombing coverage from your recliner, you can make your way to the nation’s largest international sporting event — the Penn Relays in Philadelphia — where backpacks are being banned.Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:20:08 EDTThe act of terror in Boston reopened wounds in the American psyche. Unlike the 9/11 attacks, however, when we almost immediately knew the culprits, there was nothing but rampant speculation in the media.Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:16:59 EDTIrving Stone’s famous book, “They Also Ran,” chronicles men defeated for the presidency while analyzing those races to see if the people chose wisely. Just as readers are left pondering how history may have been altered, the opposite also holds true: what if the winner had not been victorious.Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:41:05 EDT“I don’t know . . . He’s either very smart or very dumb.” Quint’s line from “Jaws” sums up Governor Tom Corbett and the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania House as they push their liquor privatization bill.Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:47:43 EDTIn 2010, Gov. Tom Corbett was elected by a wide margin in Pennsylvania, in large part because of his insistence that the state-controlled liquor system be privatized — an issue on which he was absolutely correct. Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:24:28 EDTSo the North Koreans have declared a state of war against South Korea and, by extension, the United States. One question: Who cares?Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:16:10 EDTWho says the Catholic Church can’t change? By electing Jorge Bergoglio, it just made history. The list of “firsts” is impressive.Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:05:34 EDTIf the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) could compete for an Emmy, it would definitely win, as its “Security Theatre” has become a cutting-edge soap opera.Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:42:14 EDTThank God for small miracles. Or, in this case, huge ones. Pope Benedict’s decision to resign has given the Catholic Church an unprecedented opportunity to save itself. Whether the conclave of Cardinals takes advantage of this blessing or blows it all to hell remains to be seen.Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:56:01 EDTThe Super Bowl is over, so now the really big game begins. And it’s a head-knocker. On one side we have the raiders. No, not Oakland, but the Trial Lawyers, who delight in raiding everything good in America.Fri, 01 Feb 2013 10:19:15 EDT"Originally I would have loved to go to the Super Bowl, but at this point it looks like it's not going to happen . . . I can't say I didn't expect it, but at the same time, they owe that to me." So pontificates Courtney Lenz, a Baltimore Ravens cheerleader.Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:59:06 EDTFire them. Fire them now! It is time to immediately boot all school administrators who had any involvement in suspending a five-year-old kindergartener from the Mount Carmel Area Elementary School in Northumberland County, Pa.Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:46:42 EDTThe assailant forced his way into school, executing children and adults with abandon. How could he have been stopped? Police in every school? Metal detectors? Stringent gun control? Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:12:16 EDT“Irony: Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.” So said Steve Buscemi in "Con Air"as the criminals rocked out to Leonard Skynyrd.Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:15:38 EDTOhio, Ohio, Ohio. Win The Buckeye state, win the White House.Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:41:44 EDTSo how is it possible that such a backwards country continually dominates headlines?Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:04:06 EDTIn genuflecting to political correctness, America shuns shame. It has become a nation so afraid to offend that it turns a blind eye to its biggest problems, such as obesity.