Day 28,439: Why are We Living Like This?

  • October 12, 2011

Weclome to Day 28,439 of Prohibition II.  That’s right; 28,439 days have passed since the PLCB was created in 1933 to make alcohol as “inconvenient and expensive as possible.”    In that…

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Education

How Does Your Public School Stack up Against the World?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 11, 2011

The George W. Bush Institute has a new “Global Report Card” looking at test scores for each school district in the United States against students around the world…

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Education

Charter School Funding in Pennsylvania

  • October 10, 2011

Many school districts and other advocates complain about the charter school funding mechanism, arguing that it "drains funding" from school districts.  This charge must be considered in the context of…

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Education

The Learning Revolution

  • Nathan Benefield, Priya Brannick
  • October 10, 2011

Online learning serves a significant and growing number of students, and represents a significant shift in how we educate Pennsylvania's children.  In light of the growth of cyber and hybrid…

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Taxes & Economy

The Occupy Movement’s Wrong Target

  • Priya Brannick
  • October 10, 2011

Now that the Occupy Wall Street movement has gone national, Pennsylvania is seeing its fair share of protests. While they’re still a ragtag, oddly camera-shy bunch with ill-defined…

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Regulation

Liquor Privatization (House Bill 11)

  • October 7, 2011

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board serves as the monopolistic seller of wine and spirits in the commonwealth. Rep. Mike Turzai introduced House Bill 11 to sell off the PLCB's retail…

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Taxes & Economy

Regulation or Electrification?

  • October 7, 2011

The Wall Street Journal brings to light new documents showing the Environmental Protection Agency operates as an overbearing parent, not a servant of the people. New regulations targeting air…

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PLCB: We Didn’t Start the Fire!

  • October 6, 2011

Now and then we like to have a sing along at CF.  Today, it’s sponsored by the languishing liquor lords at the PLCB who just produced a ponderous, perplexing piece of perestroika-like propaganda.  What…

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