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Caleb Verbois Win McNamee/Getty Images   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Every semester in my introductory American Government class, I have my students read a short speech written by a 28-year-old over 150 years ago. It turned into one of the most important speeches in American history, even though many people have forgotten it today. The speaker, a relatively unknown Midwestern lawyer, was concerned about a massive increase in mob violence in place of the rule of the government, the law and the courts. ...

President-elect Joe Biden needs a large-scale project that will summon the political class and national imagination to rescue the country from another four years of partisan distrust. A bold infrastructure program to reshape the American economy for a more prosperous and greener future could be just the ticket. Congestion alone

“Read his remarks now, and you want to cry, because so little has changed” stated the Des Moines Register, referring to the wisdom, humor, wit, philosophy, power of observation, popularity, and political and cultural influence of Will Rogers, the chronicler of an age, serving, because he did it better than

TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently granted approval for the transfer of the license of Three Mile Island Unit-2 (TMI-2) from FirstEnergy, a public utility, to TMI-2 Solutions, a limited liability corporation based in Utah. The NRC approved the license transfer without holding a hearing. TMI-Alert speaks in opposition to such a move. Why should you be concerned about the transfer of a license from a damaged nuclear power plant? The reality is that there is not en...

Mary Carney Tribune-Review Nurse Charity Patterson talks to patient Denise Shaffer at Excela Frick Hospital in Mt. Pleasant Feb. 10.   TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. As we brace ourselves for another wave in covid-19 cases, we are reminded of the gratitude and overwhelming need for health care professionals. The rollout of the vaccine is giving us a sense of hope for the future, but Pennsylvania is still grappling with the state’s confirmed 577,000-plus covid-19 cases and more than 14,200 deaths to dat...