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Earlier today Governor Corbett unveiled his education reform plan—a plan that calls for vouchers for students in failing schools and higher tax credits for businesses […]
It is a plan so dastardly, so despicable, that state and local officials don’t want you to know about it. Pennsylvania has a plan in […]
Last Thursday Governor Tom Corbett named two dozen members to his Advisory Council on Privatization and Innovation—referred to less officially as his “Privatization Panel”—which is […]
After his victory in 1980, Ronald Reagan chose the best, the brightest—and make no mistake—the most politically powerful to fill his cabinet. In an acknowledgement […]
Former House speaker and defanged Philadelphia powerbroker John Perzel appeared on the edge of tears last week as he left the Dauphin County courthouse after […]
On Monday, the Daily News ran a cover story about the plight of Colleen Begley, a New Jersey medical marijuana advocate who is facing more […]
Thanks to a recent spate of youth violence that has drawn national media attention and led to a rather tenuous standoff between Mayor Michael Nutter […]
The arguments for selling the state liquor system far outweigh the reasons to maintain the status quo. The public favors privatization. The political support is […]
In case you have been living under a rock, here’s a newsflash: We are experiencing one of the most severe recessions in our history, and […]
Who can forget the classic scene in Animal House when the boys from Delta fraternity were summoned by Dean Wormer? As he looked over their […]
Spring is here, and that means water ice. As the man at the counter placed his order, the total came to $4.30. The clerk—a suburban […]
There’s good news and bad news for the New York Yankees. The bad news is that their payroll—always the biggest in baseball—hasn’t produced. Hey, they […]
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s “day of reckoning” budget, containing substantial cuts and rolling back spending to 2008 levels, may well pass the GOP-dominated legislature without […]
A changing of the guard occurred this week at the scandal-plagued Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), as Governor Corbett appointed himself the new chairman, and […]
Throughout history, there have always been makers and takers. Makers create things: jobs, products and wealth. Takers produce nothing. Instead, they leech off the makers. […]