Education

Myths & Facts: Homeschooling

• Stefanie Mason
• July 15, 2020

While the average kid—or parent—might have rejected the idea of homeschooling just a year ago, COVID-19 could change that sentiment. As face masks, social distancing, rotating schedules, and health risks…

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Taxes & Economy

Cap-and-Trade Threatens Pennsylvania Agriculture

• September 30, 2009

The PA Farm Bureau recently released an article in the September edition of Country Focus illustrating the stifling effects Waxman-Markey legislation will have on rural farming communities across Pennsylvania.

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Taxes & Economy

Cap and Trade is a Rip-off

• June 29, 2009

The science is beyond dispute and the facts are clearâ€?, said President Obama, speaking definitively on the issue of climate change, as he usually does with other issues he wants…

Media

Push to privatize turnpike reflects shift in thinking

• Nathan Benefield
• January 29, 2007

Post-Gazette article on a potential turnpike lease. Geoff Segal of the Reason Foundation and adjunct scholar with Commonwealth Foundation (incorrectly identified with Reason magazine) scoffs at the fear of…

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Will the General Assembly override Gov. Rendell’s veto?

• December 29, 2005

With strong bi-partisan support of a meager tax cut in both houses of the General Assembly, enough votes exist to override Gov. Rendell’s veto. Rep. Dave Reed is the first…

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Taxes & Economy

Undereducated Today, Outsourced Tomorrow?

• May 27, 2005

The outsourcing of jobs to lower-wage countries was a hot topic throughout the campaign of 2004, but it is not clear what the president of the United States can do…

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Education

School Choice Works!

• March 17, 2005

A Quick Guide to the Scholarly Literature on School Choice During a recent round of visits with print journalists, I spoke to a newspaper editor who told me that she…

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