I thought that I knew disaster preparedness before. That mental reassurance didn’t derive from personal experience. After all — I’ve lived my whole live […]
Mixed news for Pennsylvania highways
(The Center Square) – Congestion, structurally deficient bridges and pavement conditions are key factors contributing to Pennsylvania’s low ranking among […]
Thom Nickels: Where medicine and spirituality meet
Mark Twain was half in love with her and called her “the most interesting woman that ever lived, and the […]
Wally Nunn: Lies, damned lies, and the Inquirer.
Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer editorial began with this sentence: “As expected, Donald Trump’s address to Congress was littered with lies.” Sunday’s […]
Pennsylvanians join the push to term limit Congress
(The Center Square) – Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Philadelphia, has introduced a concurrent resolution calling Pennsylvania to join states seeking a […]
Ben Mannes: Did Larry Krasner cause an armed standoff in Bucks County?
Under a normal law enforcement regime, the deceased criminal should still have been in jail.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Paul Davis: Carjacking overachiever convicted
Carjacking is a heinous crime, I’ve been told by both victims and cops. The victims lose their car, the second […]
Sen. Jarrett Coleman: From flight logs to being watchdogs — what I learned from the Senate budget hearings
Six billion dollars: that is the difference between revenue projections and Governor Shapiro’s latest budget proposal. He’s proposing that we […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Five years after the pandemic began, looking back at those who stood against the tide
“This is going to be remembered as a catastrophic moral crime.” Bari Weiss, on RealTime with Bill Maher. By March […]
Beth Ann Rosica: On the fifth anniversary of school closures, an open letter to those responsible
To those pathetic elected officials, cowardly superintendents, and morally reprehensible union bosses: On the fifth anniversary of school closures, I […]