There was no AP Style book when I was in journalism school, but there was an AP satellite office next […]
Ben Mannes: Democratic filibuster leaves TSA, Coast Guard funding strained amid immigration fight
Democratic leaders in Congress are facing mounting criticism for allowing a funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security that […]
Tom Sofield: Taxpayers are paying a “Legacy Tax” for public notices
Whether it’s a school board deciding on a several-hundred million dollar budget with a tax hike or the supervisors or […]
Stephen F. Gambescia: Health panels, policies, and politics
Early last month, the American Medical Association announced a collaboration with the Vaccine Integrity Project to create an “evidence-based review […]
Glen Thomas: Pennsylvania’s energy success story is worth protecting, not reversing
By any honest measure, Pennsylvania’s competitive electricity market has been an overwhelming success. For more than two decades, it has […]
Emily Kreps: When ‘fairness’ means erasing women
HB 300 adds “gender identity” to Pennsylvania’s non-discrimination law without providing any clear definition for “gender identity”. That’s not an oversight.
By Emily Kreps
Christine Flowers: With shocking Chavez revelations come questions for Huerta
Another myth has crumbled, decades after death extinguished the person but not the legend. Cesar Chavez, he of United Farmworker […]
Thom Nickels: Literary criticism in the Trump era suffers from an excess of politics
It’s derangement all the way down.
By Thom Nickels
Ben Mannes: Pennsylvania’s welfare fraud rate soars 165% in 2025
The Commonwealth joins Minnesota and California at the center of a growing national aid‑abuse furor
By A. Benjamin Mannes