Balancing the budget on one-time federal handouts keeps the county on a course of unsustainable spending.
By Terry Tracy
Pennsylvania education assessment scores regress in Covid-19 pandemic era
The learning loss caused by pandemic-era school shutdowns continues to plague the commonwealth.
By Alan Wooten
Stephen F. Gambescia: CDC’s mea culpa on their Covid-19 response
In the wake of Dr. Walensky’s self-examination, can the CDC forgo the limelight of politics and focus on protecting the public’s health?
By Stephen F. Gambescia
Moms in the Middle Podcast: Lockdowns and mental health issues go hand-in-hand
Covid lockdowns made children’s mental health challenges worse — including gender dysphoria.
by Clarice Schillinger and Beth Ann Rosica
Hunter Tower: Teachers’ unions deserve no ‘amnesty’ for exploiting Covid fears
Accountability, not amnesty: don’t let the teachers’ unions sweep their misdeeds under the rug.
By Hunter Tower
Richard Koenig: Beating Warp Speed — plug-and-play Covid vaccines zip past regulators
As the pandemic wanes still further, “emergency” authorizations only become easier.
By Richard Koenig
Jamie Walker: Emails reveal state teachers’ union colluded with districts to keep schools closed unnecessarily
In 2020, I was told that the Commonwealth’s teachers’ union had no influence over the decision whether to reopen schools in Bucks County. Two years later, I learned that was a lie.
By Jamie Walker
Richard Koenig: Those new Covid vaccines — what’s Big Bird thinking now?
Pfizer and Moderna will soon seek clearance for use in kids.
By Richard Koenig
Inside the PA Department of Health’s latest public access battle
A Right to Know request for pandemic lockdown-related emails could change the precedent for how specificity requirements are handled in PA courts.
By Leslie Sattler
Andy Bloom: The Biden Administration’s worst decision — student debt cancellation
The plan is unjust, unconstitutional, and unlikely to improve the real problems of colleges’ overpriced tuition.
By Andy Bloom
