Salena Zito
Washington Examiner
Contact Salena
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Salena:
Teaching a master class in American exceptionalism
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — Chris Herr tells the story of a five-person sheep-to-shawl team he was part of 30 years ago called the Wool Wizards. They were competing in a Pennsylvania Farm Show that went next-level when his elderly teammate lunged at their rivals in the heat of the competition. → Read More
The empty place setting at the table
All across America, families of service members — those fortunate their family member returned home and those whose family member tragically did not — will leave a place setting at their holiday table for those who never came home. → Read More
Trump was always the result of the conservative populist coalition, not the cause
NEW ALEXANDRIA, Pennsylvania — Ever since former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, there has been a flag hanging from a home not […] → Read More
Democrats have mastered mail balloting. Republicans will pay if they fail to step up
PITTSBURGH — The first thing Allegheny County Republican Chairman Sam DeMarco saw on election night after the polls closed was the more than 100,000 votes from his […] → Read More
Out-of-state progressives still fighting to stop Alaskans from drilling and prospering
Alaskans of all party affiliations frequently wonder why people from the lower 48 states think they know better what their best interests are. This is especially true when it comes to fossil fuel extraction. → Read More
RealClearPolitics launches accountability project to preserve public trust in good polling
The first thing Millersville University political science professor G. Terry Madonna admits he does every morning (sometimes before he even leaves his bed) is to check the averages on RealClearPolitics to see where the races stand — not just in his home state of Pennsylvania, but also across the country. → Read More
Religious liberty once again under attack by the cultural elites
PITTSBURGH — L. Hafer of the Pittsburgh Daily Post paid a visit way back on June 9, 1847, to Mercy Hospital, the Catholic hospital begun by the Sisters of Mercy, a religious congregation founded in Ireland. The hospital had just opened its doors four months earlier in a former concert hall smack in… → Read More
Joe Biden has a Versailles problem
VERSAILLES, Pennsylvania — As if to emphasize that this river town of 1,200 has zero in common with the royalty that once ruled at the eponymous location outside Paris, royalty far removed from the concerns and the despair of its people, this Youghiogheny River town is pronounced in its own unique Appalachian way: Ver-sales. → Read More
From the C-suites to the media, when it comes to energy, we need more balance, less fear
IMPERIAL, Pennsylvania — In the last 22 years, protecting and caring for the planet has gone from a "we're all in this together" part of our culture to a political wedge issue. And it isn't just your average pedestrian wedge issue that surges and wanes with each election cycle. No, this one is volatile, vengeful, and all-consuming. → Read More
We love forming, and hate losing, community
PITTSBURGH — Last Monday, there was no joy on the faces of the workers or the pedestrians who gathered around as contractors removed the two oversize Heinz ketchup bottles that had framed the scoreboard at the Steelers' football stadium since 2001. → Read More
Despite all of the cultural pressure from the Left, the country is moving center-right
FARRELL, Pennsylvania — Twelve years ago, a member of the community in Mercer County sent an "alert" to the Freedom From Religion Foundation that the high school football coach here had led the team in a short prayer before each game. → Read More
COVID-19 allowed too many to pervert their power
TRAFFORD, Pennsylvania — For the first couple of weeks in December, a tiny bare tulip tree, common in Appalachia, grows on the trail that hugs Turtle Creek and the eye of passersby. Decorated with cheerful homemade Christmas ornaments, it brought smiles to the faces of cyclists, runners, and walkers who saw it every day. → Read More
Philly's crime wave could affect the midterm election results in Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA — It’s been four weeks since former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter admonished the city’s district attorney Larry Krasner in an editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer for his dismissal of the city’s crime wave, calling his offhand remarks “some of the worst, most ignorant and most insulting comments [he had] ever heard spoken by an elected official.” → Read More
The negligence of Joe Biden
Last Thursday a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest as American troops were processing entrants to Hamid Karzai International Airport → Read More
Tim Scott won’t wear your left-wing label
The senator is a one-man antidote to noxious liberal race politics. → Read More
Salena Zito: Coal workers union doesn't always represent coal worker values
Once a dominant force that represented virtually everyone, the UMWA membership today is the smallest portion of the mining workforce. → Read More
Where all bicycles go to heaven
PITTSBURGH — It is not Iowa, but if you are a bicycle lover, it is definitely heaven. → Read More
In West Virginia, the pandemic has not shut down a massive addiction problem
HUNTINGTON, West Virginia — The raw majestic beauty in this corner of the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains is breathtaking; situated along the Ohio River, with Kentucky just nine miles down the road, there are few words that give justice to its abundant natural resources and natural glory. → Read More
As an industry faces destruction, it grows a voting coalition
Pick up a newspaper and you will find mining will get blamed for everything from the growth of the deer tick population to a mild winter. → Read More
As an industry faces destruction, it grows a voting coalition
FRIEDENS, Pennsylvania — Imagine if you had a job. A good job, one that required skill and critical thinking and had a broad impact in the community where you lived. A job you didn't just show up to do. It was a job you were good at, and because of it, you were able to provide a roof over your family's head, put your children through college, or help pay for their wedding, and once a year, it… → Read More