The “Big Ugly Bill” will kill jobs, kick people off healthcare, raise costs, cut food assistance and saddle us with trillions in debt.

The belated gratitude owed Dick Allen is for his manning all the fronts that stood as lines of demarcation in a changing America that was as complex as it was too often unforgiving.

A 1995 tanker truck sold by the town’s volunteer fire company is heading to Bart Township, Pa., thanks to a nationwide bidding process that not only brought in offers from across the country, but also ...