Op-Ed: John Heinz’s Legacy — and Pennsylvania’s Political Future

• Charles F. McElwee
• March 30, 2021

Thirty years ago, Republican Sen. John Heinz – then Pennsylvania’s most popular public figure – died in a midair collision over suburban Philadelphia’s Lower Merion Township. The April 4, 1991,…

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Education

A Decade Left Behind

• Matthew Brouillette
• January 11, 2012

My first career started a few decades ago in the classroom as a high school history teacher.  While much has changed since then – including the use of technology and…

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Taxes & Economy

We are All Fiscal Conservatives Now

• Nathan Benefield
• October 8, 2010

My remarks at PA Liberty Conference I’ll start with a question I often get…or at least a question that is often proffered to no one in particular, that I…

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State Budget

Pennsylvania Budget Facts 2010: Unemployment Compensation

• June 2, 2010

Pennsylvania has borrowed over $3 billion from the federal government to keep its unemployment compensation fund solvent. Only California, with three times the population and a much higher unemployment rate,…

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Taxes & Economy

Who are the Tea Party Members?

• Nathan Benefield
• May 26, 2010

Much has been said and made of the Tea Party movement over the past year and especially over the last several months, much by those who have no idea what…

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Taxes & Economy

Happy Tax Freedom Day for Pennsylvania

• Nathan Benefield
• April 13, 2010

Today is Tax Freedom Day for Pennsylvania. This day, calculated annually by the Tax Foundation, puts into easily understandable terms how much residents pay in taxes. Federal, state,…

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Government Accountability

In Defense of Political Anonymity

• Nathan Benefield
• April 2, 2010

Former FEC Chief Bradley Smith has a good article in the winter issue of City Journal on the problems with campaign finance disclosure. Imagine if the George W.

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Taxes & Economy

Stimulus: The Sequel

• Nathan Benefield
• January 26, 2010

The Center for Freedom and Prosperity has a great new video, analyzing 1)Whether the 2009 stimulus created jobs, and 2) Why politicians are craving another stimulus. My only…

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A Third Stimulus Won’t be the Charm

• Nathan Benefield
• January 15, 2010

Some members of Congress are pushing a third economic "stimulus" in as many years (pundits often forget the Bush stimulus of 2008). Supporters of yet another round of deficit spending…

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