Comment & Opinion

The 401(k) needs better guardrails
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 13, 2025
Tax-advantaged employer-sponsored retirement savings accounts hit a milestone not long ago: At least half of all private sector U.S. workers now parti...
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Red or blue: AI is coming for you
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ATHAN KOUTSIOUROUMBUS RealClearPennsylvania 
Aug 13, 2025
Is artificial intelligence coming for your job? It may depend on who you voted for in the 2024 presidential election. If you voted for Donald Trump, y...
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The Mamdani effect for Democrats
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By J.T. YOUNG RealClearPolitics 
Aug 12, 2025
For the last 10 years, it’s been difficult for Democrats to win elections unless the campaigns center on Donald Trump. But the arrival of Zohran Mamda...
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Jump in colon cancer cases could actually be hopeful
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 11, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — New data shows a rise in colon cancer among adults ages 45-49. That’s wonderful news. Celebrating an increase in cancer rates might s...
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Healthy living helps the aging brain
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By LISA JARVIS Bloomberg Opinion 
Aug 08, 2025
NEW YORK (TNS) — A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association makes a compelling case that a healthy lifestyle does an agi...
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There’s still no Pa. state budget
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 08, 2025
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman sent an email recently to Senate Republicans telling the caucus that they would return "no sooner than...
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Gerrymandering and high comedy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 07, 2025
Democratic lawmakers in Texas got the desired media attention this week after fleeing the state in an attempt to slow Republican redistricting efforts...
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Improper Covid grants ignored
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 07, 2025
The Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operators grant program made $544 million of improper payments during the Covid-19 pandemic, but t...
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Automation and AI here to stay
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEB WUETHRICH 
Aug 05, 2025
Am I the only one who’s a little freaked out by the robots roving the aisles at BJ's? My understanding is they are taking inventory. As they move thro...
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Another misleading report on ‘low-cost’ wind and solar
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JONATHAN LESSER RealClearPolitics 
Aug 05, 2025
In a just-released report, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) claims that renewable energy is the most cost-competitive source of new e...
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US-Canada marriage needs therapy
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By DEBRA J. SAUNDERS Las Vegas Review-Journal 
Aug 05, 2025
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Can this marriage be saved? Relations between Canada and President Donald Trump were icy before Trump boosted U.S. tariffs on a tra...
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A positive step in the Middle East
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 05, 2025
Nations like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are going to be crucial to the future of the Palestinian people trapped and famished in the Gaza Strip, so ...
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W.Pa.’s pre-revolutionary history
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 05, 2025
As the United States prepares for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Pittsburgh may feel a bit of history envy. ...
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Transit fight intensifies Pa.’s urban-rural divide
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARK NICASTRE RealClearPennsylvania 
Aug 05, 2025
Pennsylvania is a diverse state. Hundreds of miles separate rural communities from dense cities. Governing this fractious geography requires lawmakers...
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U.S. Senate furniture is missing
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Aug 04, 2025
Over the last decade, more than half the Senate office furniture purchased have some unanswered question attached to them — including where the furnit...
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