With the arrival of National School Choice week, and with the pandemic still disrupting in-person instruction, the debate over school choice has reached a new level of importance, particularly for one Democratic state senator.
By Christen Smith
Constitutional amendments limiting Pennsylvania governor’s emergency powers advancing toward possible passage
Republicans in both chambers of PA’s General Assembly advanced bills this week that would limit Gov. Wolf’s emergency powers in an attempt to reign in his executive authority during the pandemic.
By Christen Smith
Murder rate up in Upper Darby, coincides with national increase superintendent says
For the first time in 20 years, the number of homicides in Upper Darby broke double digits, following the wake of Philadelphia’s deadliest year in more than a decade.
By Todd Shepherd
WATCH — Mom unloads on Teachers Unions: You need to be at work!
“There is nothing in the constitution that says you are entitled to your job!” So says, Kira Davis, a mom and editor at RedState, in this epic message to teachers unions that are refusing to go back to work in the face of contrary evidence that Covid-19 is NOT spreading […]
Matthew Rousu: Reflecting on Covid-19 shows the value of free markets
One clear take-away on the Covid-19 pandemic and governmental and societal response to it? Free markets matter.
By Matthew Rousu
Guy Ciarrocchi: Commonsense recovery is needed
Despite pleas and platitudes about our country’s new “normal,” the government ought to release its stranglehold on businesses and allow citizens to return to work and regain their livelihoods.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Report–Philadelphia taxpayer burden fourth worst in the nation
Unfunded retirement obligations and pension promises have left Philly drowning in debt, to a startling tune of $27,500 per resident.
By Christen Smith
Lenny McAllister: Believe in self-determination? Believe in school choice
To ensure a future where life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all can continue, self-determination cannot be a trait that wanes in the schoolyards of our nation.
By Lenny McAllister
A. Benjamin Mannes: The great Covid shakedown
Did the city’s overreaching Covid response kill the Philly restaurant scene?
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Wally Zimolong: Big Tech learns to love in-person voting
Amazon has taken a prominent public position against those that “opposed the results of the 2020” election due to mail-in voter fraud claims. But when it comes to its own internal elections, the mega-corporation prefers another standard.
By Wally Zimolong