We all know, here in 2025, that the political consensus in favor of free trade that held sway for decades has collapsed. Tariffs are back on the menu, and many political observers — myself included — see them as a healthy and reasonable reaction to the longstanding imbalance with Communist […]
Michael Straw: Anti-obesity medications help “Make America Healthy Again” and save Americans billions
Obesity is a serious and growing health epidemic in our country. According to the National Institute of Health, about 93 million people in our country are currently living with obesity. This number is expected to rise to 120 million within the next five years, which is entirely preventable and can […]
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 Inquirer editorial was littered with — well, let’s not be like them. We’ll just call them arguable positions. But some of these arguments are quite a stretch. In their unbridled […]
Christine Flowers: Trump gets respect in Italy because he doesn’t mince words
I write this from my hotel room, a two-minute walk from the Colosseum. My trip to Rome has been planned for months, and I looked forward to it with anticipation since well before Christmas. But after the election, I knew that I’d need to prepare myself for foreigners who tend […]
Howard Lurie: Send in the clowns? Don’t bother, they’re here.
President Trump’s recent speech to a joint session of Congress, and the Democrats response to it, along with the White House meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky caused me to think of a song. “Send in the Clowns” from the musical “A Little Night Music” by Stephen Sondheim and […]
White + Taylor: No time for talk, Shapiro must act now to defund Kremlin
Following the contentious oval office meeting between President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy on Friday, Governor Josh Shapiro quickly jumped into the fray, issuing a statement blaming the President and Vice President for the dispute while offering his own “tough talk” against Russia. In this […]
Kyle Sammin: Are Republicans already tired of winning?
Sometimes, it seems like Republicans don’t want to win. Republicans won a sweeping victory across the Commonwealth in 2024. Not every race was a blowout, but they were successful in each statewide race and held their majority in the state senate. Even in state house races, Republicans overall polled nearly […]
Fetterman says Dem responses only helped Trump
(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., critiqued his own party Wednesday for its response to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday evening. Trump’s lengthy speech was peppered with interruptions from Democrats, who refused to clap for any of Trump’s comments with the exception of when […]
Guy Ciarrocchi: Go, Eagles, Go
When my family and I attended the parade just weeks ago, we stayed at a hotel near Chinatown the night before. In the morning, dozens and dozens of strangers wearing Eagles caps, ski hats, jerseys, hoodies, sweatshirts and countless versions of jackets ate together, helped each other find the creamer, […]
Wally Zimolong: Democrats are Article II deniers
Article II of the United States Constitution plainly states “[t]he executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” As Justice Scalia opined in his famous dissent in Morrison v. Olson, “this does not mean some of the executive power, but all of the executive […]