Criminal Justice Reform

Real Corrections Reform, Right Now

• May 14, 2012

Albert Einstein is said to have remarked that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. We the undersigned submit that unfortunately,…

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Education

Do Public Schools Need More Construction Spending?

• Nathan Benefield
• September 14, 2011

One of the supposed benefits of President Obama’s “Jobs Bill” (despite demands to “pass it now”, the jobs bill has not yet…

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State Budget

Corbett Budget Offers a New Path

• Nathan Benefield
• March 10, 2011

Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."  For too long Pennsylvania state government has been spending beyond its means and…

Commentary

State Budget

Reality-Based Budgeting

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 7, 2011

Pennsylvania state government will tax and spend more than $65 billion this fiscal year.  With the loss of federal stimulus money and the exhaustion of all one-time expenditures, the legislature…

Fact Sheet

The Insanity of Keeping Education Status Quo

• February 10, 2011

In a guest opinion in today’s Lebanon Daily News, I make a case that keeping the status quo in education isn’t helping children, parents, taxpayers or teachers. Insanity? Judge…

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Education

State Can’t Spend Its Way to Student Success

• Matthew Brouillette
• March 19, 2009

For years, the educational establishment has claimed that not enough is being spent on public schools – that if more money is pumped into the system, student achievement will improve. …

Commentary

Taxes & Economy

Who’s Really “Nuts” on Economic Policy?

• Nathan Benefield
• March 18, 2009

We posted yesterday on the Turzai-Quigley proposal to cut state spending and tax rates.  Today Governor Rendell called Turzai “nuts” and his plan “ludicrous“.  Rendell has previously lambasted…

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