Education

What Will You See in 17 Minutes?

  • Matthew Brouillette
  • December 5, 2011

Seventeen minutes is a small sliver of time for most people.  In those few moments, most people could take a shower, prepare a meal, or watch half a sitcom.  But…

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Taxes & Economy

Marcellus Shale Drilling Equals Affordable Energy

  • December 1, 2011

As the Intelligencer Journal reports, Marcellus Shale drilling is the reason UGI Utilities is dropping natural gas rates by 13.5 percent, providing significant savings for the 15 counties…

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PLCB: Shhhhhh, Innovation Elves at Work

  • December 1, 2011

Season’s greetings, comrades, and welcome to the PLCB North Pole (see Pennsylvania Perestroika Palace) where cutting-edge innovation and creativity are at a fever pitch these days.    But unlike…

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Regulation

PLCB is $30 Million in the Hole

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 30, 2011

As Jay noted earlier, Auditor General Jack Wagner and a number of defenders of the current government monopoly argue that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) is a great…

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AG: Perestroika Better Than Freedom

  • November 30, 2011

They may take our wines, but they can never take our freedom!  Okay, maybe they can take both? According to a report posted on Fox 43 Harrisburg today, Pennsylvania Auditor General…

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Education

Improving Public Education…Through School Choice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 28, 2011

Here is a letter to the editor I submitted to the Pocono Record, correcting the record on school choice: Your editorial, “Support your public schools” bashes school choice…

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Education

The Right Questions for Penn State

  • Charles Mitchell
  • November 23, 2011

Stacy Brown of the Pennsylvania Independent—which, in the interests of full disclosure, CF launched but no longer controls in any way—is asking the right questions this morning in his…

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