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Month: March 2020

Politics

Linda A. Kerns: When pitting public health against the economy, we cannot abandon reasonableness and commonsense

March 27, 2020April 19, 2021
Linda A. Kerns

We must do what we can to stop the spread of this horrible virus but we cannot let our leaders issue unchecked edicts.
By Linda A. Kerns

B+L Investigates

Albert Eisenberg: BOMBSHELL — Corona cashout for city workers as regular Philadelphians flail

March 26, 2020June 30, 2021
Albert Eisenberg
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As regular Philadelphians face down the impossible decisions that come with a societal freefall, why are some city employees getting paid time-and-a-half to work from home — on the taxpayer’s dime?

Education

Jennifer Stefano: With classes canceled for weeks, schools must embrace innovation — and choice

March 25, 2020April 19, 2021
Jennifer Stefano
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Amid this unprecedented crisis, it is time to find innovations in Philadelphia for students — and stop empowering the bureaucracies that are holding children back. By Jennifer Stefano

Energy

Earl Baker: Pennsylvania’s energy future is unfolding just outside my front door, and it’s exciting

March 22, 2020April 19, 2021
Earl Baker

An exciting energy revolution is happening right in our backyards, writes former State Senator and Chester County Commissioner Earl Baker.

The Economy

George Parry: Apocalypse meow

March 18, 2020April 19, 2021
George Parry

Why are the media affording Coronavirus “end-of-the-world-we’re-all-gonna-die!” coverage when apparently more deadly annual influenzas have rated far less hysterical treatment? By George Parry

From The Editors

The Editors: Reflecting on the task at hand

March 16, 2020April 19, 2021
The Editors

For most of us, the events of the last two weeks are unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetime.
By The Editors

The Economy

Linda A. Kerns: Catastrophes remind us that long term economic reliance on government cannot sustain us

March 16, 2020April 19, 2021
Linda A. Kerns

Philadelphia and all of Pennsylvania needs to take a path that makes as many of our citizens as possible independent and self-sustaining.
By Linda A. Kerns

Civic Culture

Logan Chipkin: Philadelphia Urban League leads the way in an era of big government

March 15, 2020April 19, 2021
Logan Chipkin

As free market advocates, it is incumbent upon us to answer the skeptic who thinks that poor people will starve in the streets absent the State. The Urban League of Philadelphia is one such answer, right in our own backyard.

History

Chris Tremoglie: America’s forgotten WWII internment camps

March 5, 2020April 19, 2021
Chris Tremoglie
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While many know of the internment of the Japanese during WWII, the plight of interned people of German and Italian descent – people from countries that, unlike Japan, did not attack us on U.S. soil before the war – is often ignored.
By Chris Tremoglie

The Economy

Howard Lurie: Good luck paying off the national debt

March 4, 2020April 19, 2021
Howard Lurie

Now here is the really scary part. In 2019 the federal government spent over $30,000 more per second then it took in by way of taxes. And the figures for fiscal 2020 are projected to be the same.

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Op-Ed

Harper + Lamb: The four-letter word missing from the One Big Beautiful Bill: JOBS

Harper + Lamb: The four-letter word missing from the One Big Beautiful Bill: JOBS

schedule June 19 2025
ink_pen Kate Harper and Conor Lamb

In the hazy fog of hyper-partisan Washington, it’s easy to miss what is directly in front of you. That has […]

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