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Month: August 2021

Foreign Affairs Veterans

Terry Williamson: From today’s Afghanistan to yesterday’s Vietnam

August 24, 2021August 25, 2021
Terry Williamson
5

A Marine tries to make sense of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in the context of the experiences he lived through in the Vietnam War
By Terry Williamson

The Environment

Geoffrey Pohanka: Clash of the titans — wind power vs. coal power

August 23, 2021August 27, 2021
Geoffrey Pohanka
1

Renewable energy, like wind turbines or solar panels, is growing increasingly popular in America and beyond, but that doesn’t mean coal is out of the picture yet.
By Geoffrey Pohanka

Crime

Patty-Pat Kozlowski: Wit or witout gunfire?

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021
Patty-Pat Kozlowski
3

The cheesesteak has been caught in the crossfire of Philadelphia violence. If nothing else, an attack on the city’s sacred sandwich should spur electeds to act.
By Patty-Pat Kozlowski

Foreign Affairs

Stacy Garrity: Joe Biden’s Afghanistan disaster

August 20, 2021August 20, 2021
Stacy Garrity
4

Make no mistake: this was not a tactical retreat. It was an abject surrender and a catastrophe of foreign policy.
By Pa. Treasurer Stacy Garrity.

Education

Pennsylvania lawmaker proposes state-funded scholarship accounts for students

August 20, 2021August 20, 2021
Christen Smith
1

New legislation championed by State Rep. Andrew Lewis (R-Harrisburg) would redirect billions of dollars in Pennsylvania’s public school funding into individual scholarship accounts for students.
By Christen Smith

The Economy

Carrie Sheffield: Inflationary $3.5T plan would hurt poor, elderly, minorities

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021
Carrie Sheffield
1

Poor, minority, and elderly families are hardest hit by rising inflation rates, and a Democrat-championed $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” bill will only make things worse.
By Carrie Sheffield

The Courts

Gina Diorio: Understanding this year’s judicial elections

August 19, 2021August 20, 2021
Gina Diorio
4

Pennsylvanians would do well to recognize that, despite their lack of excitement, judicial elections are critically important—and vote accordingly.
By Gina Diorio

Health

Vaccine clinics, classroom testing coming to Pennsylvania schools, colleges

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021
Christen Smith

In a new program from public health officials, Pennsylvania’s public schools and universities will now offer vaccine clinics and classroom testing, funded through federal grants.
By Christen Smith

The Environment

Michael Green II: Young Pennsylvanians want to fight climate change. Our leaders want to pretend they are.

August 16, 2021August 13, 2021
Michael Green II
3

Governor Wolf’s push to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is more about appearances than real change. It’s time for Pennsylvania to instate policy that helps the environment, boosts revenue, and preserves jobs.
By Michael Green II

Civic Culture

Albert Eisenberg & Farah Jimenez: Why we’re launching a Pennsylvania program to train the next generation of diverse freedom fighters

August 15, 2021August 20, 2021
Albert Eisenberg & Farah Jimenez
1

Over a dozen O. V. Catto Fellows are building a movement for freedom, shared prosperity, and liberty — one that transcends identity, religion, race.
By Albert Eisenberg & Farah Jimenez

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