Opinion

Sen. Pat Browne bowed to National Rifle Association influence and voted to permit the organization and others to be reimbursed for suing municipalities over restrictive gun ordinances.

I read with interest another newspaper article regarding the decline in passengers using Lehigh Valley International Airport. Airport officials have tried different things to increase the number of people using this airport.

Perhaps Donald P. Russo (Your View, "H.L. Mencken was an acerbic critic of American life") has a problem with his inability to distinguish between political correctness and anti-Semitism. They are not the same thing. Using political correctness to give Mencken a pass on his thoughts...

We shouldn't be surprised at the atrocities committed by the Soldiers of Islam. Shocked certainly, but surprised, not so much. These savages claim Quranic guidance! Those words certainly appear in that tome. One of several examples is Sura (verse) 47:4 ("Therefore, when you meet...

Way to go, CVS/Caremark. Disguising concern for people's health with a cynical ploy to make up for lost cigarette revenue by charging customers who go to drugstores that still sell cigarettes up to an extra $15 co-payment for prescriptions. That not only reduces costs for Caremark,...

I pay my Bethlehem Area School District taxes in installments. To my knowledge, I have not been delinquent in the 29-plus years I have been paying them.

There are perhaps four speeches in American history that so electrified the public that they propelled their orators to the front rank of presidential politics overnight: Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address of 1860, William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech at the...

In October of 1962, America worried whether an untried young president, John F. Kennedy, could keep us safe from nuclear-tipped missiles from nearby communist Cuba.

Maybe you had the same reaction. I've been around politics for 30 years, but I don't remember seeing anything as dumb as Kentucky Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes' refusal to say whether or not she voted for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

For the most part, the political debate over President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul has become a duel between vague slogans: Republicans say they want to "replace" the Affordable Care Act but generally don't say with what. Democrats say they want to "fix" it...

A vote for any Republican candidate this election is a vote against the interest of the working middle class. Republicans want to eliminate Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, public education, voting rights, unions and fair pay. They hypnotize you with issues like abortion, gay rights,...

Republican state Rep. Justin Simmons takes the sad art of politics to a new low with his campaign mailings. He claims to have "delivered the highest state funding ever for schools." Instead, districts in the state have had to raise taxes, increase class size and cut programs....

As a 30-year veteran school teacher, I have seen many changes within the field of education.

On Oct. 22, I was shocked to see the high number of Pennsylvania state legislators listed in The Morning Call who voted for a bill that would permit the National Rifle Association and others to sue local municipalities enacting gun ordinances stricter than the state's. Adopting...

Several years ago as sheriff of Lehigh County, I was asked to be the guest speaker at a local service club. At issue during the meeting was whether to remain meeting in the present location or move downtown to another facility. Not being a member of the club I of course did not vote. The...

Mark Aurand is the man to elect to our new 40th District state Senate seat. I have met him many times, and he is a very intelligent, kind and thoughtful man who will represent the best of Pennsylvania.

Mike Beyer is a truly nice, caring man. But I am voting for him for state representative from the 131st District because he has intelligence, compassion and common sense. Beyer vows to fight for the middle class, senior citizens and everyone in our community, regardless of party affiliation....

Northampton County residents of the new 40th District's Senate seat have an opportunity.

Voters in the Lehigh Valley do not have as many choices for state representative as they deserve. In seven out of 11 districts, there is no choice at all; the incumbents are running unopposed.

Should the Allentown School District have named the football field at J. Birney Crum Stadium in honor of Andre Reed?

The vote to continue the earned income tax that funds Williams Township's open space program is coming up on Tuesday. I've received many questions recently. It's important for us to have accurate information, so I'll try to shed some light.

I have known Mario Scavello for many years. He is not a politician. He is a true public servant. He will represent all the people of Monroe and Northampton counties.

Tom Wolf is the rare candidate who would come to the governorship with decades of experience in the public and private sectors, but without the political score sheet of a veteran politician.

Let's see. Every year since 2008 Hillary Clinton has been voted the most admired woman in America. In each of those years she has finished just ahead of Michelle Obama, who has been No. 2 on the most admired list. I also know that people often judge people by the company they keep, as...

In recent ads for his gubernatorial campaign, Tom Wolf is saying that he will impose an extraction fee on all shale gas extracted in Pennsylvania and use that money to fund education to ease our perpetually increasing property taxes.