By Guy Ciarrocchi Joe Biden’s Vice President, Kamala Harris, is co-author of the very policies creating the worst inflation since Jimmy Carter. Now, she wants us to believe she finally understands the problem and has the solution. If we will just elect her and wait until 2025, she promises that she’s going to fix her […]
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Democracy Is Dying In The Media Darkness
By Guy Ciarrocchi If I was a news editor, I would want answers to some important questions. Questions that are obvious to me and important to the nation. And, I might encourage my reporters, journalists and hosts to pursue these questions. Almost no one in the national legacy media seems to be asking; trying to […]
Supreme Court Should Protect Pennsylvania Energy From Dog-And-Pony Show
By David N. Taylor The U.S. Supreme Court has not one, but two opportunities this term to rein in a partisan litigation campaign dead-set on taking down the oil and natural gas industry. The Justices should intervene in order to protect consumers and manufacturers in Pennsylvania and across the country from the costly effects of […]
Who’s Running Our Government?
By Guy Ciarrocchi He lost his train of thought. He mumbled. He forgot the question. His voice was weak. Biden lost the debate, but in the end: Who cares? Democrats across the nation are split on whether to support Biden, give him a second chance, or abandon him like a leper. Their sycophants in the […]
Governor Shapiro’s Science Fiction Adventure
By Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Watch Carl A. Marrara, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, discuss this on Behind the Headlines. Last month, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro announced a plan to end the state’s competitive electricity market by mandating half of all Pennsylvania’s electricity be generated by sources of his choosing, several of which do […]
What We (Didn’t) Learn From The 2024 Budget Hearings
By Rep. Seth Grove “If I were planning to do a get-out-of-business sale, this is the kind of budget I would do: I would empty my reserves, sell my assets, and get out of town.” This is how I concluded my questions with Budget Secretary Uri Monson, the last testifier to appear before the Appropriations […]
Township Supervisors: Building Better Communities, One Step At A Time
By David M. Sanko Watch David Sanko on Behind the Headlines This Local Government Week let’s celebrate the unsung heroes who make our neighborhoods thrive: township officials — supervisors, managers, road crews, and many more. You might recognize them at the grocery store or see them patching potholes. These dedicated public servants share a […]
Shapiro Plan Is A Destructive Energy Tax On All Pennsylvanians
By David N. Taylor “Governor Shapiro’s energy tax will cause widespread destruction in every industry in Pennsylvania. A new, additional tax on energy will jeopardize our vital industries and undermine the hardworking women and men on our shop floors while massively subsidizing boutique ‘green’ energy monopolized by China.” “Pennsylvania is the largest exporter of […]
Debt Is A Fiscal Catastrophe That We Have Little Hope of Avoiding
By Tom Tillett “When it comes to the federal budget, what consistently unites Democrats and Republicans is their common capacity to lie to themselves, lie to the public and postpone any serious discussion of the central issues of government spending and taxes” — Robert J. Samuelson, in a March 29, 2015, column for The Washington […]
RGGI Is A Bad Deal For Pennsylvanians
By Jon O’Brien The pandemic taught us about the domino effect of supply chains in our global economy, where one minor disruption can reverberate globally and significantly impact business costs everywhere. Pennsylvania can expect similar economic disruptions if our commonwealth joins the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). When the price of business increases, we, as […]