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Outrage of the century

There have been many outrages in the last century, but in that list would have to be the cost of medical care. Both political parties blame each other, and there is plenty of fault to go around. Every once in a while, there are band-aid solutions such as getting a particular drug company to ...

Government unions put politics before workers

This year’s contentious New Jersey gubernatorial race dominated national headlines. Although Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli were the headliners, another candidate tells a much more fascinating and revealing story that reveals a troubling national trend with organized labor. On June 10, ...

State’s special needs students need school choice

Shannon Mitchell will never forget the first words from her nonverbal eight-year-old daughter, Brianna. “Hi, mama,” Briana said after getting off the bus on her first day at her new school. “I love you.” Before this precious moment, Brianna languished at her Philadelphia district ...

The quiet engine behind youth’s malaise

For years, pointing out the obvious was considered impolite: America’s biggest, most distortionary transfer of wealth does not flow from elites to the working class. Nor does it show up as corporate welfare. It flows from the relatively young and poor to the relatively old and wealthy. It’s ...

Community and cooperation during the holidays

There is a clear truth about our politics and our broader society today: It feels more divided than at any point in recent memory. Scroll through social media or turn on the television, and we see disagreement hardened into distrust. Differences of opinion have become reasons, at their worst, ...

Energy future shouldn’t be held hostage to myths

In a December 6th commentary, Gordon Tomb, a senior fellow with the Commonwealth Foundation, argued Pennsylvania must weaken environmental and energy regulations to attract data centers. It’s a familiar but flawed premise: that regulation is inherently anti-growth and that renewable energy ...