An exciting energy revolution is happening right in our backyards, writes former State Senator and Chester County Commissioner Earl Baker.
George Parry: Apocalypse meow
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
The Editors: Reflecting on the task at hand
For most of us, the events of the last two weeks are unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetime.
By The Editors
Linda A. Kerns: Catastrophes remind us that long term economic reliance on government cannot sustain us
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
Logan Chipkin: Philadelphia Urban League leads the way in an era of big government
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.
Chris Tremoglie: America’s forgotten WWII internment camps
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
Howard Lurie: Good luck paying off the national debt
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.
Letter to the Editor: Major General (Ret.) Wesley E. Craig
When did it start, that elected Philadelphia city officials believe that the commitment and sacrifice made by military veterans to the city, state and nation for more than 240 years is in some way related or equivalent to a select group of public high school students? Area veterans feel that […]
Matthew Lau: Minimum wage, maximum damage in PA
Raising the minimum wage effectively cuts the bottom rung off the economic ladder and, by impeding the lowest-skilled workers from gaining the job experience needed to move upwards, increases poverty in the long run and hurts those workers the policy purports to help.
By Matthew Lau
Logan Churchwell: Pennsylvania can’t afford Pittsburgh’s voter roll mistakes
U.S. and Pennsylvania laws set standards for how election officials must keep voter registration records current and reliable. The rules are straightforward: remove the deceased; cancel the snowbird-turned-Floridians; and, if all else fails—keep a list of registrants whose addresses have gone bad and silent on all fronts.
By Logan Churchwell