Despite pleas and platitudes about our country’s new “normal,” the government ought to release its stranglehold on businesses and allow citizens to return to work and regain their livelihoods.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Report–Philadelphia taxpayer burden fourth worst in the nation
Unfunded retirement obligations and pension promises have left Philly drowning in debt, to a startling tune of $27,500 per resident.
By Christen Smith
Ben Mannes: The great Covid shakedown
Did the city’s overreaching Covid response kill the Philly restaurant scene?
By Ben Mannes
Wally Zimolong: Big Tech learns to love in-person voting
Amazon has taken a prominent public position against those that “opposed the results of the 2020” election due to mail-in voter fraud claims. But when it comes to its own internal elections, the mega-corporation prefers another standard.
By Wally Zimolong
Delco plows on with creation of health department as budget figures will arrive soon
Opaque budget projections for Delaware County’s forthcoming health department has left some residents weary of the proposal’s suspected tax burden.
By Todd Shepherd
Daniel Goncalves: Big Tech stranglehold over public discourse shows a monopoly in need of reform
Does Big Tech function as a regular private sector company — or a utility?
By Daniel Goncalves
George Hofmann: Has the right lost its mind?
Ad hominin attacks, provocative policy proposals and ideological polarization have become the norms of American politics, with one man at the center of the drama: Donald Trump.
By George Hofmann
The Editors: A civics lesson for Mr. Fetterman
Appearing in an interview last week, PA Lt. Governor John Fetterman displayed a willful ignorance at the basic tenets of free speech. Pennsylvanians ought to remember this as he readies for a likely Senate run.
By The Editors at Broad + Liberty
Pennsylvania swears in new auditor general, treasurer, first Republicans to hold the offices in 20 years
Stacy Garrity and Tim DeFoor share new visions for the future of Pennsylvania politics as Republicans clinched two out of the three row offices.
By Christen Smith
Docs reveal Montco’s fear over state’s failed Covid performance
Newly revealed emails and documents show that local public health leaders consistently implored Dr. Levine to bolster support for nursing homes amid Covid’s decimation of the elderly.
By Todd Shepherd