Education

Top Ten Reasons Pennsylvanians Deserve More from Their Universities

• Charles Mitchell
• March 17, 2011

Yesterday in Harrisburg, the talk was all about Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposal to cut the generous subsidies Pennsylvania taxpayers provide to our universities.  Budget Secretary Charles Zogby said…

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Government Accountability

Hyperbole and Hypocrisy on Campaign Finance Ruling

• Nathan Benefield
• February 3, 2010

A must read article about the Citizen’s United case and the supposed destruction of democracy. Many states, including Illinois and Maryland, allow corporate contributions to state candidates. As…

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Government Accountability

More on Corporations and Free Speech

• Nathan Benefield
• January 24, 2010

Following the Supreme Court ruling that our First Amendment right to free speech applied to corporations’ speech regarding candidates for federal office – a ruling started when the FEC…

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Government Accountability

Free Political Speech and Paycheck Protection

• Nathan Benefield
• January 21, 2010

The US Supreme Court today upheld that the First Amendment protects speech around elections from corporations and unions. The case concerns Citizens United, which produced a film Hillary: The Movie,…

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WACO Blames Glenn Beck

• April 9, 2009

Recently, the War Against Conservative Opinion (WACO) blamed Fox News’ Glenn Beck for the shooting deaths of three police officers in Pittsburgh. Even MSNBC’s Keith…

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Taxes & Economy

Philadelphia Tries to Stop Tea Party

• Nathan Benefield
• April 9, 2009

UPDATE: Victory ‘Thanks for everyone’s help in putting pressure on the city of Philadelphia! The problem has been resolved. They tea party is only required to pay for…

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Government Accountability

How the left and right differ on reform

• Nathan Benefield
• July 23, 2008

I was in DC on Monday at a conference hosted by the Brookings Institute on reforming Pennsylvania – yes, our state is so bad that we are a great case…

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Government Accountability

The end of “campaign finance reform”?

• Nathan Benefield
• June 27, 2008

The Supreme Court was busy yesterday, in its second major ruling, they struck down a portion of McCain Feingold campaign finance restrictions, ruling that the “millionaire exemption” is unconstitutional.

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Government Accountability

Campaign Finance Limits Destroy Democracy

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 23, 2008

Pennsylvania's Supreme Court recently upheld Philadelphia's law limiting the amount of money that an individual can contribute to a political candidate. While advocates of campaign contribution limits cheered the…

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