AlliedNews.com - Grove City, Pennsylvania Opinion

The GOP: Party in Flux

2012-05-11T21:54:07-04:00

With Rick Santorum having dropped out of the race, Mitt Romney is apparently the Republican nominee for POTUS, barring a "black swan" event swooping down out of nowhere.

We must be smart when crafting the next Farm Bill

2012-05-09T21:27:01-04:00

There is broad agreement that the next Farm Bill will contain substantial cuts, but there are wide disagreements on how the important legislation should be crafted.

Obama, the Russians and the missile defense

2012-05-04T19:51:25-04:00

President Obama has caused quite a stir with a private comment made to Russian President Dimitri Medvedev.

Kudos to the League, 40, for taking high, civil road

2012-04-13T17:45:17-04:00

In a political climate many describe as poisonous, where knee-jerk reactions and partisan sniping are the rule, we'd like to take a moment to highlight an exceptional organization that defies those trends.

U.S. has long needed a long-term energy policy

2012-04-06T19:19:23-04:00

Many of the immediate and seemingly intractable problems that make headlines in America are not readily solvable by the federal government.

Tragic drowning won't be in vain, thanks to efforts

2012-04-06T17:57:17-04:00

Many of us were saddened recently by the tragic story of the puppy Callahan, who drowned in the Shenango River Lake after falling through thin ice.

Voter fraud 'solution' seems designed to disenfranchise

2012-04-06T16:58:46-04:00

It's pretty rare when there's anything in my inbox about state Sen. Bob Robbins, so when an email popped up last Thursday with the Salem Township Republican's name in the subject line, I was intrigued.

Greatest president has help from obscure relative

2012-03-27T19:44:05-04:00

Sorry mess: Presidential apologies and pardons

2012-03-27T16:06:03-04:00

Much ink has flowed over the recent apologies from President Barack Obama, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and General John Allen, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, following the burning of copies of the Koran and their careless disposal. An apology may have been justified. A national mea culpa was not.

Any real budget work may come after election

2012-03-23T19:06:29-04:00

The good news of President Obama's proposed 2013 budget: It increases spending only 0.2 percent. The bad news: There is no reform for long-term fiscal problems like Medicare.