For the second time in two years the Pennsylvania Senate has approved a measure that would allow school districts to furlough staff for economic reasons, and would also ...
The Rev. Gabriel Medicine Eagle, of the Lakota Sioux tribe of South Dakota, was preaching in Western Pennsylvania several years ago on the subject of discipleship.
“It’s...
Efficiency and effectiveness.
Under normal circumstances these two metrics are how any government program should be evaluated. When the government in question is facing ...
“A libertarian is a conservative who grows his own dope.”
It was a comedian’s pithy one-liner from about a decade ago that turned out to be prophetic, with medical or re...
To many people they’re just toys available on the shelves of many big box stores or in warehouses run by their favorite online retailer. But commercially-available drone...
Three government Davids got in the face of a corporate Goliath this week. It’s not clear yet what they’ll accomplish. For the moment, however, it seems almost insignific...
Another day, another bad idea wafting out of New Jersey.
Yesterday we mused about the Garden State’s troubling push to loosen patient privacy protections and give law en...
The opioid epidemic is hardly unique to Pennsylvania. Many states are reeling from the one-two punch of heroin and prescription painkillers like OxyContin and fentanyl. ...
It was clear from the moment John Collins, the director of the state Office of Medical Marijuana, refused to answer questions about the state’s application scoring proce...
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the text of the U.S. House resolution that was introduced by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly of Butler and unanimously passed this week. HR 2210...
