Keeping The Lights On For Pennsylvania History
(Susquehanna Valley Policy Institute) In 1960, a popular Sam Cooke song began with the lyric: “Don’t know much about history…”
Sadly, nearly sixty years later,...
LeadingAge PA Calls on PA Supreme Court to Reject Venue Shopping...
Citing the potential for devastating premium increases for long-term care facilities, LeadingAge PA, the voice of not for profit senior services in Pennsylvania, today...
A Letter to America about Brexit… from the United Kingdom
(Susquehanna Valley Policy Institute) In the West December normally heralds a wind down towards Christmas and the prospect of spending time with friends and...
Four Ways Pa. Lawmakers Can Reduce the Cost of Health Care
Bureaucracy just makes things worse. Case in point: ObamaCare. Pennsylvanians have faced soaring health care costs and far fewer options ever since the law...
George H.W. Bush’s Final Words
(Lincoln Institute - Paul Kengor) The final words of President George H. W. Bush tell us a lot about the kind of man he...
Our Christmas Wish: A Solvent Pennsylvania
(Commonwealth Foundation - Gordon Tomb) Lyrics not worthy of Bing Crosby, but still music to the ears of a growing number of house lawmakers, including...
Death, Taxes, and Toll Hikes
(Commonwealth Foundation - Elizabeth Stelle and Nathan Benefield) There are three things Pennsylvanians have learned to count on: death, taxes, and Turnpike toll hikes.
On January 6th, the...
Red Wave
(Lincoln Institute) There was much talk this past year about a “blue wave,” but what really occurred was a “red wave.” This “red wave”...
Teacher Shortage? Try Competition.
(Commonwealth Foundation - Colleen Hroncich) Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to … tinker with markets.
That isn’t the original ending...
Sawubona: The Secret to Unity and Peace – Opinion
By John Dame & Kamran Loghman - With another contentious election behind us, how do we get back to being neighbors? How do we...