Call it a Trump Triumph. There is no special wisdom in noting that my own Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the fifth-largest state in the Union, will be playing a central role in the 2024 presidential race. Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes are…
Do you, too, long for the good-old days when the philistines tearing down statues did so on their own dime and on their own time? “The National Park Service proposes to rehabilitate Welcome Park to provide a more welcoming, accurate,…
Well, of course. As someone who lives in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the nation’s fifth-largest state, this could not be ignored. President Joe Biden’s National Park Service, part of the Biden-run Department of Interior, had announced its decision to remove…
Republicans are doing handsprings over Donald Trump’s polling lead versus President Biden while Democrats panic. But Trump’s advantage over Biden pales in comparison to Nikki Haley’s lead. Of course, Ron DeSantis was running strong a year ago only to slide….
Dear Harvard Trustees: Why not replace your president with the President? Mired in a morass of your own making, Claudine Gay’s resignation gets you out before you could embarrass yourselves further. Replacing Gay with President Joe Biden is a simple…
Well of course. Pennsylvania’s Republican Rep. Scott Perry, a seriously principled conservative, is the target of a group masquerading as Republicans. And yes, full disclosure, I pay attention to Rep. Perry’s activities because, in fact, he is my congressman. And…
Philadelphia students lose out on academic work necessary for their long-term success because they spend part of their school day navigating through unsafe environments, a college freshman told lawmakers as part of ongoing testimony from school choice advocates that will…
The line between “labor union” and “secret society” wasn’t always clear during the 19th century — and the Molly Maguires were sometimes considered a bit of both. Back home in Ireland, where rent rates were too high and food was…
American academics suffered through their most depressing week since Donald Trump’s election — maybe even since the fall of the Berlin Wall. On Wednesday, 67-year-old Anthony Polito murdered three people and wounded a fourth at the University of Nevada, Las…
At a glance, it would appear that Pennsylvania Democrats are poised for a big year in 2024. After a landslide win in the 2022 gubernatorial election which flipped a U.S. Senate seat long held by Republicans, and then sweeping all…