Сolumns

It’s wrong to censor RFK Jr.
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 06, 2023
ABC News did a wide-ranging interview with Robert Kennedy Jr. the other day. The ABC reporter asked him a number of challenging questions, notably abo...
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Suburbs are pulling us apart
Opinion, Сolumns
GUY CIARROCCHI 
May 04, 2023
My wife and I moved from Philadelphia to the western suburbs of Chester County for many reasons. The move offered us the best of all worlds. We would ...
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Cross-filing absurdity must end
Opinion, Сolumns
May 04, 2023
Many state legislators around the country somehow have concluded that cross-dressing is a major issue regarding school governance. But in Pennsylvania...
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Off-year races will shape Pa. future
Opinion, Сolumns
MARK NICASTRE 
May 03, 2023
Reading too much into any single election, especially low-turnout primaries, can be futile. Still, two upcoming primaries and a special election have ...
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Other Voices: Nursing is a calling
Opinion, Сolumns
May 03, 2023
During National Nurses Week, May 6-12, I want to recognize and thank the more than 1,500 nurses I represent at UPMC in north central Pennsylvania, as ...
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Promising bipartisan start in Pa.
Opinion, Сolumns
May 03, 2023
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has done something that seems like a throwback to a quaint time we can barely remember. It did its job. More...
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Recharge EV tax structure
Opinion, Сolumns
May 02, 2023
Perhaps the surest sign that electric vehicles are here to stay is that state legislatures have begun to devise new tax structures to ensure that driv...
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An inconvenient test
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 02, 2023
The long era of the dominance of the SAT in college admissions is coming to an end. The test is increasingly being shelved not because it failed but b...
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Pick up phone on debt ceiling
Opinion, Сolumns
May 02, 2023
Barack Obama once said that “elections have consequences.” President Joe Biden would be wise to recognize the wisdom of his old boss’s observation. De...
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Bipartisan support in Pa. for education reforms
Opinion, Сolumns
NATHAN BENEFIELD 
May 01, 2023
In Pennsylvania, divides over public education remain constant. The debates range from school funding disputes to curriculum fights, from arguments ov...
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A centrist, third-party alternative? Good luck
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS 
May 01, 2023
WASHINGTON (TNS) — Now that the presidential campaign is underway, that low moan you hear is the sound of voters contemplating their likely fate: a ch...
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NYC mayor slams open border
Opinion, Сolumns
May 01, 2023
President Joe Biden’s border policy is so bad that even some prominent Democratic officials are roasting him. New York City Mayor Eric Adams is far fr...
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Reexamine personal income tax
Opinion, Сolumns
May 01, 2023
Five Democratic legislators in Pennsylvania have proposed changing the state income tax to make it less regressive. However, it has scant chance of pa...
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Raise wage to livable level
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 30, 2023
A principal feature of congressional Republicans’ deficit policy is a proposal to reduce social safety net costs by requiring work in exchange for ben...
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