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Month: January 2021

News

Pennsylvania’s school choice debate more fraught than ever amid pandemic

January 30, 2021March 8, 2021
Christen Smith
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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

News

Constitutional amendments limiting Pennsylvania governor’s emergency powers advancing toward possible passage

January 29, 2021March 8, 2021
Christen Smith

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

Crime

Murder rate up in Upper Darby, coincides with national increase superintendent says

January 28, 2021March 8, 2021
Todd Shepherd

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

Education

WATCH — Mom unloads on Teachers Unions: You need to be at work!

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
The Editors

“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 […]

The Economy

Matthew Rousu: Reflecting on Covid-19 shows the value of free markets

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021
Matthew Rousu

One clear take-away on the Covid-19 pandemic and governmental and societal response to it? Free markets matter.
By Matthew Rousu

The Economy

Guy Ciarrocchi: Commonsense recovery is needed

January 28, 2021February 26, 2021
Guy Ciarrocchi

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

News

Report–Philadelphia taxpayer burden fourth worst in the nation

January 27, 2021March 8, 2021
Christen Smith

Unfunded retirement obligations and pension promises have left Philly drowning in debt, to a startling tune of $27,500 per resident.
By Christen Smith

Education

Lenny McAllister: Believe in self-determination? Believe in school choice

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021
Lenny McAllister

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

Health

Ben Mannes: The great Covid shakedown

January 26, 2021February 22, 2022
A. Benjamin Mannes
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Did the city’s overreaching Covid response kill the Philly restaurant scene?
By Ben Mannes

Politics

Wally Zimolong: Big Tech learns to love in-person voting

January 25, 2021January 26, 2021
Wally Zimolong

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

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