A new Senate bill seeks to take the hassle of dealing with healthcare companies away from patients and into the hands of insurance companies. Although it falls short of the mark, this bill is a step in the right direction toward sensible healthcare reform in Pennsylvania.
By Yaël Ossowski
Sen. Scott Martin: Inflation excuses miss the point
We must find a way to encourage economic growth and opportunity that doesn’t rely on massive, unsustainable government spending.
By Sen. Scott Martin
Ben Wren: “Something Just Broke” — mourning Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim, whose roots in Bucks County helped launch a prolific career on Broadway, died on November 26th. A Pennsylvania theatre aficionado remembers one of the greats.
By Ben Wren
Gina Diorio: After Johnny Doc’s fall, which Pennsylvania politicians are honest?
A labor leader and Democratic kingmaker bought a seat on Philadelphia’s city council for $70,000 a year. With millions of dollars in other contributions, what else did Johnny Doc’s largesse buy in Pennsylvania?
By Gina Diorio
Matthew Rousu: Covid-19 shows the value of markets — and for alternative schooling models
Markets are a key way to ensure one’s purchases don’t directly conflict with their values. But there is no market system with government-run schools. That should change.
By Matthew Rousu
Eisenberg + Yeomans: Five ways to “rewild” Philadelphia
Environmentalists have long focused on “pristine” spaces for conservation, ignoring the areas where most of us live: cities and densely populated inner suburbs. How can we “rewild” sections of Philadelphia to improve our riverways and land, and re-introduce a wild element back into the lives of everyday city-dwellers?
By Albert Eisenberg and Craig Yeomans
Sean Parnell: National Popular Vote would be bad for Pennsylvania … and the nation
There’s an abundance of reasons why instituting NPV would be a grave mistake for the Commonwealth and beyond.
By Sean Parnell
Patrick Rosenstiel: Enough of the lies about National Popular Vote!
To oppose the National Popular Vote proposal, you must own the current system that allows three out of four voters to be ignored in presidential elections and increasingly erodes our collective faith in our system of government.
By Patrick Rosenstiel
Seth Williams: Fighting Philly’s scourge of gun homicides
The time is now, and demands that we again be bold and show the world we are committed and willing to reduce gun violence and the saving of lives in a new and profound way.
By Seth Williams
Jabari Jones: Politicizing gun violence is killing Philadelphia — literally
“But most politicians continue to play defensive politics with an issue in which lives are at stake, debating things that shouldn’t be debatable.”
By Jabari K. Jones