Response to Cyber School News Release

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 5, 2007

Following our call for rejection of unequal limits on cyber schools (which passed the House Education Committee today), I had an interesting email exchange with a public school employee.

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Rx For Health Care: Pain

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 5, 2007

Robert Samuelson has a interesting commentary on health care costs: The politics of health care rests on a mass illusion: Most Americans think that someone else pays for…

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State Senators Against Interstate 80 Tolling

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

Eleven state senators (Sens. Gordner, MJ White, Baker, Boscola, Browne, Corman, Earll, Eichelberger, Folmer, Piccola, and Robbins) have sent a letter to US Transportation Secretary Peters expressing concerns over tolling…

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RendellCare Version 1.2

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

Governor Rendell has now stated that he won’t sign the extension of the MCare program (which funds medical malpractice claims) unless it includes funding of his Cover All Pennsylvania…

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600 Things caused by global warming

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

Here a list of 600 things attributed to global warming, all with links to the article source (HT to Government Bytes) . For my favorite: a tossup between…

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Share the Wealth, Joe Camel

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

The PA Attorney General has joined a lawsuit against RJ Reynolds demanding $7 million ($100 million among the several states in the suit) because a cartoon version of Joe…

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Religion and Politics (and Health Care)

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

Rep. Scott Boyd offers a rebuttal to Governor Rendell’s claims that Jesus want Christians to support his Cover All Pennsylvanians proposal. Boyd instead calls for some free-market…

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Tax Money for Soccer Stadium?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 4, 2007

Lowman Henry on the wisdom – or lack thereof – of using $45 million in taxpayer subsidies to build a soccer stadium in Pennsylvania. There are a couple of…

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