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What ‘from the river to the sea’ means

Throughout the United States today, we hear and see college students, and others, chanting: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” What are they saying? What do they mean? The handlers of these naïve students and their supporters are attempting to create a caliphate in the ...

What happens when Social Security runs out of money?

The standard line about Social Security leads voters to believe that even if Congress does nothing, the system will continue to pay scheduled benefits for nearly another decade. That is roughly the life expectancy of someone turning 80 years old today. For those of us who are 79 years old and ...

A community run ragged — it has to stop

I feel like I need to write about what happened in the community this week because it is VERY close to home. I am going to be careful what I say here because I don’t want to raise attention to anyone in particular and/or FAR worse, put anyone in danger. When I said it is close to home, I ...

Closing pay gap needs to happen more quickly

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal” — The Declaration of Independence Two hundred and forty-eight years after those words were written, equality in America is still an illusion in so many ways – most notably on payday. Sixty-one years after the ...

Fighting government secrecy

Politicians in Harrisburg come and go, and political majorities shift over time. But one enduring constant no matter who’s in power is a reflexive inclination to shield information from the very people who pay the bills — we, the taxpayers. Our state and local governments exist to serve ...

Some Democrats push back against extremism

In a sign of how far left the Democratic Party has veered, once-avowed progressives are now hesitant to embrace eco-fundamentalism — the dogmatic ideology that vilifies affordable energy, oversells “green” initiatives and advances ruinous policies. Consider Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and ...