When the Gallup Poll asks its monthly question: “Do you approve of the way Congress is handling its job?” as high as 80% of Americans answer in the negative. Our constitutionally mandated national legislature consistently fails to accomplish even its most basic obligations. On more ...
A developer wants to rezone a public park to allow high-density housing. The local school board weighs a plan to close an elementary school. City council considers selling the sewer system to a private party. Knowing in advance that public officials are considering matters like these gives the ...
As Pennsylvania’s baby boomer generation continues to age, the commonwealth’s system is failing to meet the growing demand for nursing home care, the LIFE program and other critical aging services. In fact, at a time when we should be expanding services, nursing homes are removing beds and ...
Growing up, I remember hearing the phrase “We the People” in school and thinking it sounded like the beginning of a story. It is, in a way – a story about a nation built not by kings or conquerors, but by everyday people who believed they could shape their own future. Now, as I’ve grown ...
Cryptocurrency, created in 2009, was designed to be a system of payments that could not be traced, and as might be expected from the design, the early users were mostly people doing business that they wanted to keep secret (mostly criminal activity, though political activists working under ...
“For Donald Trump, any opposition, either personal, ideological, or political is treason.” – Rick Wilson, conservative consultant Processing the actions taken by the soul-rattling, unpredictable Trump administration is a daunting task. Breaking news stories, financial information, and ...
