Pennsylvanians must prepare for a long, cold winter.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Rep. Jason Ortitay: Pennsylvania’s approach to literacy needs to change
Over the past decade, Pennsylvania has increased education spending by 51 percent, now spending about $20,900 per student. Despite this, fourth-grade reading scores have steadily dropped, showing that more money isn’t fixing the problem. This should concern everyone who cares about our kids’ future. I believe we need to rethink […]
Kevin Kane: Pennsylvania Democrats must stop playing politics and unleash American energy
Democrats have a demographics problem. In November, voters, even those who historically back Democrats, shifted support to President Donald Trump, Sen. Dave McCormick, and other down-ballot Republicans. Election Day delivered a clear message to Democrats: change your progressive ways — or else. Yet, Democrats in the Keystone State refuse to […]
Ben Mannes: When your tax funds pay for political corruption
How the politicized use of public funds results in rampant waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption.
By Ben Mannes
Frank Speidel: The Nero Awards
Delusion was once a remarkable exception. Now, it has not just become commonplace but a growth industry that permeates all aspects of society. In June 2024, CNN televised the debate between Biden and Trump. The debate produced the expected grandiosity, hyperbole, and lies. But that was not all. The debate […]
Jeff Hurvitz: DEI, rescinded
In Philip Roth’s 2000 novel, The Human Stain, protagonist Coleman Silk is a light-skinned black person who poses as a white professor in order to gain a teaching position at a small-town college. After commenting about the ongoing absence of two girls and utilizing a term that was falsely interpreted […]
Rep. Jim Struzzi: Let’s unleash Pennsylvania’s energy potential
Just like working families across Pennsylvania, our state government must make difficult choices to have a balanced budget. While Pennsylvanians face increasing energy prices and wonder how far they can stretch their paychecks, it is time for Pennsylvania’s leaders to make better choices that will lower prices, grow our economy, […]
Beth Ann Rosica: Groundhog Day arrives early in Chester County
Groundhog Day arrived early in Chester County this year — two full days ahead of the typical February 2 date. Shortly after 4 p.m. on January 30, 2025, Jeanne Franklin, the county health director, launched a ridiculous defense of her indefensible decision to ban the volunteers at St. Agnes Church […]
Katie Hetherington Cunfer: Making the case for school facilities funding
In 2024, Governor Josh Shapiro and the General Assembly awarded $250 million in public school facilities funding to nearly 300 school districts and career and technical schools. These funds, provided in the form of competitive, matching grants under the Public School Facilities Improvement Grant (PSFIG) and the Public Schools Environmental […]
Beth Ann Rosica: Pennsylvania agency ignores Trump’s executive order on two sexes
One of President Trump’s first executive orders has quickly put hundreds of school districts across the commonwealth in a legal quandary over gender designations, as the newly signed order is in direct conflict with state regulations. Titled, Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal […]