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Culture

Thom Nickels: We can’t return to the Covid lockdowns

August 30, 2023August 30, 2023
Thom Nickels
13

With rumors flying and fears spreading, we should remember the failures of the 2020 response to the pandemic and be sure never to repeat them.
By Thom Nichols

Crime

Arrests in Philadelphia nosedive while reported incidents increased over last five years

July 12, 2023July 21, 2023
Todd Shepherd and A. Benjamin Mannes
2

Reported crime is up, arrests are down. Experts disagree on the cause.
By Todd Shepherd and A. Benjamin Mannes

Media Bias

Richard Koenig: The Inquirer, Mark Tykocinski, and the ruction at Jefferson

May 5, 2023May 11, 2023
Richard Koenig

Actually, now and again there can be a reason to “like” Berenson.
By Richard Koenig

Culture

Thom Nickels: Philadelphia is going to the dogs

March 6, 2023March 5, 2023
Thom Nickels
10

Center City is overrun with canines and all of the problems they bring.
by Thom Nickels

Government

Kevin Mooney: Navigating open records requests in an age of pandemics, school closures, and mask mandates

January 24, 2023January 26, 2023
Kevin Mooney

Pennsylvania’s Open Records law is a powerful tool for transparency — one that local governments resist as hard as they can.
By Kevin Mooney

Health

State Senate bill proposes ban on vaccine mandates in Pennsylvania

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Lauren Jessop

The proposed Medical Freedom Act will face stiff opposition in the state House.
By Lauren Jessop

Education

An Urgency of Normal is still needed for children

January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Kevin Mooney
3

Mask mandates remain a harm to children’s learning, even as the pandemic fades.
By Kevin Mooney

Government

“ReOpen Bucks” group asserts new documents show county health director was cut out of key Covid policy reversal

January 9, 2023January 16, 2023
Todd Shepherd
2

Several counties in Pennsylvania have their own health departments to chart their own course on health policy. But what does it really matter when the state can thwart that independence anytime it wants?
By Todd Shepherd

Education

Central Bucks’ new policy draws scrutiny

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023
Isaac Avilucea

The policy aims to ban clothes, flags, or other paraphernalia that displays a political message.
By Isaac Avilucea

Civic Culture

Richard Koenig: 2022 in review

December 26, 2022December 29, 2022
Richard Koenig

Masks went off and on and off … the president flubbed … Thanksgiving got expensive.
By Richard Koenig

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