Politics & Policy
Public school closings reflect our priorities. Weapons are more important.
Thinking and reading about last week’s closing of 23 public schools by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, I’ve conclu ...
13 years ago
Is the hunt for the ‘purple squirrel’ stalling job growth?
Have you ever seen a purple squirrel? Probably not. But rest assured it’s better to be than see one. “Purple sq ...
13 years ago
Gun-control group tries to pressure Pa. congressmen with poll numbers
Mandatory background checks for gun buyers seem to be the one thing the public can agree to support. And supporters ...
13 years ago
Taxes can be badly done, but they are not theft
Somewhere, Murray Rothbard is smiling. Some of the rest of us are scratching our heads, though. Late last week, the Speaker ...
13 years ago
Area airports scan skies for news of sequester
With the impending onset of the federal sequester, airport officials are scanning the horizon for impacts of budget cuts. Federal ...
13 years ago
Obama’s fiscal cliff tax deal led us into sequestration
I believe President Obama genuinely opposes the sequestration spending cuts now going into effect. I don’t believe the cynics who t ...
13 years ago
Why the proposed immigration amnesty should and will fail
The so-called comprehensive immigration reform proposed by a group of Senators and President Obama amounts to immediate amnesty for milli ...
13 years ago